4to; cloth-backed pictorial boards; pp. xv + (i) + 196 + (iv) + xlviii; folding frontis. with comparative scenes of the town in 1819 and 1904; numerous illustrations in text; adverts. Spine somewhat worn and boards slightly rubbed; crease to leading edge of folding frontis.; a little minor foxing. Very good condition.
(SABIB 4, p. 188; Hosken, p. 180) W. S. J. Sellick came to South Africa from Bristol in 1874, and became proprietor and editor of the Uitenhage Times. The family was subsequently closely associated with the affairs of the town, and nephew Alfred James Sellick became president of the Newspaper Press Union. This book is a vivid celebration of the earliest European settlement on the eastern frontier of the Cape colony. Uitenhage is now known as Kariega.
- Jacket Condition: Not applicable
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 4to
