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Auction #131 begins on 28 May 2026

Douglas, (Mary)

THE CAPE AND ITS STORY

Or the Struggle for South Africa

Published: Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1903

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 28 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 4 Jun 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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The Cape and its Story or The Struggle for South Africa

Original blue cloth with gilt blocking to front cover,and similar decoration to spine with a warrior.

Colour Frontispiece(Rorke's Drift) and colour title page(Sir George White)

vii + 314pp plus publishers advertisements.

More than 100 pages on the Anglo-Boer War. Dundee. Elandslaagte. Magersfontein. Siege and Relief of Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking. Paardeberg. Bloemfontein. Tp Pretoria.

Further chapters: Dutch Colony. English Emigration. Rise of the Zulu Power. The Great Trek. Convicts and Kafirs. Kaffraria and the Free State. Bantu and Boer. Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift. Independence of the Transvaal. The Rise of Rhodesia. Downfall of Lobengula. The Uitlanders. The Matabele Revolt.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 14 x 19 cm


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