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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Tyler (Josiah)

FORTY YEARS AMONG THE ZULUS (1891)

Published: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, Boston and Chicago, 1891

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $80

Approximately:

Estimate: $120

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt titles to front panel and spine.

300pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the author, a map of Natal and several plates in text.

Binding sound. Contents clean. A good copy.

'An interesting account of the Zulus and their country from 1849-1888. Mr. Tyler was fully of opinion that Sir Bartle Frere's policy was justified, and that the Zulu Problem was a question which had to be settled without delay in view of the military situation in Cetywayo's country. He observes "that Natal was in peril, no clear-headed man can deny. The colonists were near the crater of a volcano liable at any time to eruption. Cetywayo could not control his warriors." There is a valuable chapter on Zulu folk-lore, and the volume is illustrated by a large number of original drawings.' - Mendelssohn Vol.II, page 532

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo


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