Side Lights on South Africa : with a Map of South Africa
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900.
Illustrated by Folding map. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #15208
Unopened pages, tear detaching map, light tone, two 1/4" spine head tears, light spine darkening, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Crisp but detached folding map. Fascinating 1898 South African and East African travel and description by insightful British woman author and feminist, just before the outbreak of the Boer War. Contents: I. On the Edge of the South; II. Politics at the Cape; III. The City of Gold [Johannesburg]; IV. What I saw in Pretoria [includes interview with President Kruger]; V. In Bechuanaland; VI. The Evolution of Rhodesia; VII. The Chartered Company and Mr Rhodes; VIII. Kimberley as it is; IX. The Garden Colony [Natal]; X. In Portuguese Territory [Mozambique, includes interview with Orange Free State President Steyn; XI. Under Tricolor and Eagle [Madagascar and German East Africa]; XII. British East Africa [Kenya]; XIII. Some Observations and Reflections. ; 273 pages.
Price: $49.95