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Auction #127 begins on 06 Nov 2025

Hadley, Peter (Editor) + Taylor, Dr. Henry

DOCTOR TO BASUTO, BOER & BRITON 1877-1906 - Limited Edition TO 50 COPIES

Memoirs of Dr. Henry Taylor

Published: David Philip, Cape Town, 1972

Edition: De Luxe First Edition

Reserve: $45

Approximately:

Estimate: $65

Bidding opens: 6 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 13 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Fifty copies bound in quarter leather and numbered by hand consitute the limited De Luxe Edition, of which this is book number 11. 

Quarter leather, 213 pages, black and white pictures. A copy in very good condition.

The Gun War in Basutoland, Anglo-Boer War.....recounted by a doctor whose full life was a blend of social service and personal danger. Dr Henry Taylor's autobiography spans his term as a medical officer in the Leribe district from 1877-1883, and his life in private practise in Ficksburg in the Orange Free State untill 1906.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (240 x160mm)


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