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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Molteno (P. A.)

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR JOHN MOLTENO (Signed by J.C. Molteno)

First Premier of the Cape Colony. Comprising a history of Representative Institutions and responsible government a the Cape and of Lord Carnarvon's Confederation Policy and of Sir Bartle Frere's High Commissionership of South Africa

Published: Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1900

Edition: First Edition

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First edition. 2 volumes: 457 + 488 pages, frontispiece portraits in both volumes, 1 illustration, 4 folding colour maps, uncut edges, blue cloth titled gilt on the upper cover and spines – now insect scarred, starting to wear at the font hinge in vol. 1, a good set.

Ownership signature of J.C. Molteno on the half title page of both volumes

  • Overall Condition: A Good Set
  • Size: 8vo (230 x 150 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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