South African Memories. Scraps of History (1979)

South African Memories was originally published in London in 1932, but this revised 1979 edition, edited and with an introduction by Deborah Lavin, "can be virtually considered a new book [from the front flap] . . .  Four chapters appear here for the first time [including] accounts of magnate politics, the 1910 Botha election, and a chapter devoted to the notorious Karl Ludwig Von Veltheim - all of which were considered too contentious to publish at the time of the first edition, which appeared soon after FitzPatrick's death".

The dustjacket is illustrated with a Pierneef painting, reproduced in colour, and a b/w photograph of Percy FitzPatrick. Chocolate cloth-boards, plain endpapers, 308 pp of prelims, text, notes at the end of each chapter, a "Who's Who?", bibliography and index + an 8 pp inserted section of b/w photographs on art paper.

CONDITION. The dustjacket is chipped at the edges and rubbed at the folds. The binding remains tight but the boards are lightly shelf-rubbed. There are no ownership or other marks and the contents, including the photographs, are complete and undiscoloured.