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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Markham, Violet.R

The South African Scene

Published: Smith Elder & Co, Waterloo Place, London, 1913

Edition: First Edition

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Original red cloth, with black lettering and vignette to front board, gilt lettering to spine.

Articles and essays, some of which were originally published in the Westminster Gazette, of which the Editor has given permission to be republished in book form.

Part 1 - Travel Sketches, ten chapters.

Cape Town Revisited - The Mountain and the Capital - A Memorial and a Grave - In Basutoland - The edge of the White Waters - The Smoke that Thunders- On a Matabele Location - Ladysmith - The Country of the Van Der Stels -The Opening of Parliament.

Part 2 - Some Policies and Problems. Eleven chapters and index.

South Africa after the War - Racialism and the Language Question - Hertzogism and Political Parties - The Coming of the Native - Black and White in South Africa - The Social Contact - The Industrial Contact - The Political Contact - The Asiatic Difficulty - The Development of Agriculture - Rhodesia and the Charter.

Halftitle- Title. Dedication. Contents. Index. 8vo. viii plus 450 pages plus two pages published catalogue.

Very clean copy.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 22.5 X 15cm
  • Sold By: Quathlamba Winds Books
  • Contact Person: Ian & Yvonne Halford
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 01743 361772
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Paypal-Cheques-Direct Transfer to UK Bank.
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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