RHODESIA -AND AFTER (Autograph Edition signed by the author)

First edition: 350 pages, frontispiece portrait of the author signed underneath by him, 48 illustrations, 3 maps - 2 folding, decorated white cloth, water stains on the title page, uncut fore edge and bottom edges, a good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney)South African Bibliography volume 1, page 598: An account of the experiences of a battalion of Yeomanry during the South African War. The troops landed at Beira (the harbour being crowded with transports, many of the New Zealanders landing at the same time). They proceeded to Rhodesia, the author taking part in the expedition against Mapondera and his followers. After leaving Rhodesia, the writer shared in the campaigns against De Wet, Hertzog, Scheepers, and others, in the Cape Colony, and he narrates many entertaining stories of these sturdy guerrilla chiefs, and gives an interesting account of Scheepers by whom he was taken prisoner near the Camdeboo Hills. Escaping from the Boer leader, he reached the British camp after some adventures, and was present at the defence of Philipstown. The book is divided into three parts; the first being entitled "Rhodesia," the second, "After", and the third, "The Stories of the Squadrons"; and these latter comprise the story of the 50th I.Y., the Story of the Irish Yeomanry, the Story of the 65th I.Y., and the Story of Dunraven's Sharpshooters.'

This is a copy of the ‘autograph edition’ which is signed by the author below the tipped-in portrait frontispiece - we had previously thought this to be a facsimile signature but the careful examinations of several copies shows each to be different and signed in the author’s hand.