First Edition: 666 pages, bound in red rexine with gilt titling on the upper cover and spine, a very good copy.
Compiler's Preface: 'The genesis of any placename seldom arises from deliberate thought or choice: it happens when some trivial incident occurs at some insignificant place, perhaps from nothing more exciting than the shooting of a rogue baboon in a patch of bush or the drowning of a pet horse at a drift. For a time the name Bobbejaansbos or Paarde Drift is on everyone's lips and may survive for half a century without anyone having described the incident in print to give hope of survival to a name which today we would like to have explained. Instead, such names pass into limbo and their impact is lost. Conversely, many a name with little to recommend it survives for no obvious reason.'
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 4to (300 x 215 mm)
