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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Laird (Egerton K.)

INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Printed for private circulation, Birkenhead, [1881]

Edition: First edition

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Being an account of Three Months' Tour in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal, and a Ride into Zululand

First edition:194 pages, original blue cloth boards, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, embossed ownership stamp on the front free end paper a good copy.

Cover title: Travels in South Africa.

Written on the title page at the top Rev. L. Falle from the author Feb.1882

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography vol.1 page 862: An account of a trip throughout South Africa in 1881, the author arriving just after the retrocession of the Transvaal. He was of opinion that a future war was only a matter of time, and he remarks on the " impudence " of the Boers ; he considered that the Loyalists in the Transvaal had been badly treated, and left in the lurch by the British authorities. He states that he was informed that the British found life in the Orange Free State almost unbearable after the defeat at Majuba. There is an interesting account of Kimberley and the coast towns, with a description of Zululand, &c.

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (200 x140mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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