A scarce true first edition, first impression of Deneys Reitz's classic memoir about his experiences during the Anglo-Boer War.
Publisher's red cloth binding with gilt titles on spine.
331pp. Map endpapers (which in later impressions were replaced with a fold-out map at rear).
Foreword by General Jan Smuts.
Reitz inscribed this copy to Margaret Whiting Spilhaus (1889-1981), author of books on numerous subjects ranging from geography, genealogy, botany to children's literature, but mainly South African history. Apart from writing she was also a book illustrator and cartographer known for a series of 5 large-format pictorial maps published between 1927 - 1943.
As with most books from Spilhaus's library this copy contains occasional light marginalia in pencil, as the historian was making notes which may later have proven useful as reference for her own writings. There are a few very light notes on the map in front of the book.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
