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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Cole, Alfred W.

The Cape and the Kafirs

Or, Notes of Five Years` Residence in South Africa

Published: Richard Bentley, London, 1852

Edition: First

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The author was shipwrecked in Table Bay on his way to New Zealand - and decided to stay on for five years. These are his impressions of the colonials, Boers and natives.

xvi plus 319 pp with frontis of Macomo the Kafir Chief.

Re-bound in half-leather (though corners small) with ornamental brown boards, new end papers, ex-libris paste down on front end papers, some foxing in prelims with marginalia in pen on page 309 which is also a little loose.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 19x12.5
  • Sold By: Africana Books
  • Contact Person: Stefan Blank
  • Country: South Africa
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