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Auction #133 begins on 20 Aug 2026

Dicke (B. H.)

THE BUSH SPEAKS - BORDER LIFE IN OLD TRANSVAAL (1936) - INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Limited to 1000 copies

Published: Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1936

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $70

Approximately:

Estimate: $100

Bidding opens: 20 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 27 Aug 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Publisher's blue cloth binding with dust jacket.

First edition, first impression. Limited to 1000 copies.

Signed and inscribed by the author shortly after publication: "May you enjoy it!, Pietersburg, Novbr. 14th, 1936. B.H. Dicke, author."

xv + 421pp. Illustrated.

Contains all the illustrations including the two suppressed Magwamba girls plates.

Book is clean. Rear hinge cracked. Jacket has some age-associated edge wear and creasing at the lower end of the rear panel as per images.

'This work throws sidelights on little-known history and native customs, making many piquant disclosures. It tells, amongst other thrilling items, of the renowned Queen Majatje, Sir Rider Haggard's "She," of a high-priestess of fecundity, of witch doctors, a witch, a red devil, native symbolisms, sacred beads, a royal kaross, old trade routes . . . . more exciting than fiction.' - editor's note

  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Fair to Good
  • Overall Condition: Good


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