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Auction #135 begins on 12 Nov 2026

Brown, (A. Samler) & Brown, (G. Gordon) [editors]

THE GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICA, 1904 - 1905 (incl. Diary of the Second Anglo Boer War)

FOR THE USE OF SPORTSMEN, INVALIDS & SETTLERS

Published: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd, London, 1905

Edition: 12th

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $100 / 200

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: United Kingdom

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Pages A-Z (advertisements)+ 477pp + 79pp advertisements at the rear, fold-out maps (Four maps are missing: S.W. Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, Central Cape Colony and Natal). This edition contains a chapter from page 274 – 276, of a Diary of the Second Anglo Boer War.

Externally, publishers grey cloth covered boards with black lettering stamped to the front board and spine and the Union-Castle motif and a picture of the Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town on the rear cover. Some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Boards are a little grubby with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Binding is firm. Internally, minimal foxing on some pages and maps. Front and back advert sections are tanned due to the use of a different paper. Overall condition is fair to good. 

Photos provided reflect the condition in addition to the above description.

Size: 190mm x 130mm

Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd, London, and J.C. Juta & Co, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, 1904-1905

NB: This book will be shipped from Northern Ireland (UK) and will incur additional shipping & insurance costs.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Fair to Good
  • Size: 190mm x 130mm


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