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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

[Godlonton (Robert)]

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS TO A NARRATIVE OF THE IRRUPTION OF THE KAFIR HORDES

Published: Meurant and Godlonton, Grahamstown, 1836

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $140

Approximately:

Estimate: $150/200

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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Into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope A.D. 1834-1835.

By the editor of the Grahamstown Journal

Parts 11 & 111

First edition: pages 129 – 270, map as frontispiece, rebound in half green morocco with matching cloth boards, red title label gilt on the spine, the original front paper wrapper bound in at the back, booksellers ticket on the front paste down end paper, foxing throughout, a good copy.

Part 1 of this publication is lacking. Scarce Grahamstown Printing

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 1 page 611: A sketch of the relations between the colonists of the district of Albany and the frontier and the natives of Kaffraria and the vicinity of the British Settlements. The scope of the work extends from the early history of the Cape down to the 1834-5 war ( Theal observes that the " book contains much authentic information." The second and third parts deal with the trade of the frontier and include a " sketch of Kaffraria."

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (230 x150mm)


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