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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

William Macdonald

The Conquest of the Desert

Published: T. Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1913

Edition: First

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1913 first edition in the green cloth. Gilt to the front and spine. 197 pages and fifty illustrations. This copy is in very good condition. Frontispiece of the Camel Corps of the Cape Mounted Police patrolling the Kalahari Desert. 

Also inside: Kuruman, David Livingstone, Rietfontein, Molopo, the Kalahari bean, the advance of Settlers, Kakamas irrigation canal, map of Gordonia, Orange River at Upington, Puff-Adder.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
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