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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Knight (E.F.) [Signed]

RHODESIA OF TODAY:

a description of the present condition and the prospects of Matabeleland & Mashonaland

Published: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1895

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $50

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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vii, 151 pages + 24 pages of Longmans Catalogue: folding map. Cloth with tears to the spine. Signed by Knight on a paste down label on the title page. Bookplate present on front paste-down endpaper.

Knight was a correspondent for The Times of London. He traversed the whole of the area taken over by the BSA Company in 1895, exiting via Manica and Beira. These were his observations. One of the earliest records of the Occupation.

  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Size: 19,5 x 13, 3 cm


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