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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Gibson (J. Y.)

THE STORY OF THE ZULUS (1911)

Former copy of Adriaan Nicolaas Pelzer, academic and historiographer.

Published: Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1911

Edition: Second Edition

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $70

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt titles to front panel and spine.

vi + 338pp. Illustrated with plates (all present).

Binding sound. Contents clean. Former owner's name on front paste down, "A. N. Pelzer, 9/9/44." Adriaan Nicolaas Pelzer was an academic and historiographer known for his books on the Afrikaner Broederbond and Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. 

This is the second, revised and extended edition. The first edition was published in Pietermaritzburg in 1903 and the account ended with the year 1887.

'A political and military account of Zululand and the Zulus from the time of Dingiswayo, the predecessor of Chaka, circa 1818, to the annexation of the country in 1887. The author asserts that he was induced to write the narrative because "the time when reliable information could be obtained from Zulu sources was rapidly passing away." During his term of office as magistrate in Zululand he was enabled to obtain most of the information which will be found in the volume.' - Mendelssohn Vol.I, page 597

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good


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