FROM THE TAN-YARD TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE STORY OF PRESIDENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

First Edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1885. Hard Cover, pictorial brown cloth on boards with silver and gilt decorations and titles on cover and spine. Corners are bumped to boards and boards are scuffed, spine is rubbed head/foot, though overall outers are sound. Decorated end papers with a book prize inscription on verso of FFE dated 1885. Some light foxing through prelims. Frontis still has protective tissue guard intact. Text and b/w plates are clean and complete, binding is tight and strong. How a shy, unassuming clerk in a country village proved himself a great general and went on to become a wise statesman and foremost man of his age.