THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY HISTORICAL CATALOGUE & SOUVENIR OF RHODESIA EMPIRE EXHIBITION

Publisher's beige illustrated card wraps.

72pp. With frontispiece and 11 fine monochrome plates.

Possibly to prevent tearing of the edges of the wraps some masking tape has been placed along the inside edges, but otherwise a very clean, solid copy of this uncommon issue.

CONTENTS:

1.) FOREWORD by Sir Henry Birchenough, President of the British South Africa Company

2.) A HISTORY OF THE CHARTERED COMPANY IN RHODESIA (pages 1-31), by Mrs. Tawse-Jollie, O.B.E.

Part I: Preparation

Part II: Occupation

Part III: Development

Part IV: Commerce

3.) A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF HISTORICAL PICTURES, illustrating the STORY OF RHODESIA, which were exhibited at Johannesburg from 1936-37 for the Empire Exhibition (pages 33-68)

This comprises of 15 sections, with headings as follows:

The Matabele, Missionaries and Explorers, Rhodes, Occupation, Early Days, The Matabele War, Rebellion, Transport, Mining, The Press, Administrative and Political, The Barotse, South African War, Beit Bequest, Miscellaneous.