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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

[Rhodes (C.J.)]

THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE CECIL JOHN RHODES

A Chronicle of the Funeral Ceremonies from Muizenberg to the Matoppos, March - April 1902

Published: Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, 1972

Edition: Facsimile

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $200

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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This is a Limited Edition of 750 copies of which this is number 160. Housed in a pictorial box as issued. The book itself in a very good condition, the box show shelf wear.

Publisher's black cloth binding with bevelled edges and white lettering to the upper panel and spine. 

Seventy-eight pages of letterpress text with accounts of the funeral ceremonies from the columns of The Cape Times, Diamond Fields Advertiser, and The Bulawayo Chronicle, followed by forty-six full-page photogravures.

A 1972 facsimile print as memorial to the man who not only gave his name to Rhodesia but was also Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, first citizen of Kimberley and chairman of the Chartered Company.

  • Binding Condition: Near Fine
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (330 x 250 mm)


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