Bechuanaland first

 Bechuanaland First Day cover - Sir Winston Churchill 24 January 1966 with SACC 190-193 stamps

Stories of the Police in Rhodesia by various authors from the 80-year history of the British South Africa Police (BSAP). The beginning of the British South Africa Police came on 15th August, , at Barkly West (near Kimberley) when enrolment commenced for what was named the Bechuanaland Border Police.  Throughout the square-mile area of beautiful wilderness which makes up the country, it became possible for any man to travel at will without fear.  Books of Africa, st edition, 293 pages, 15 photos, numerous sketches.  Well-binded, clean pages, 293 pages, worn hardback covers (see spine of book on last photo).  Neat inscription on first clear page.

Official Year Book of the Union of South Africa, , No. 3 - C.W. Cousins And of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland. The Government Printing and Stationary Office, . Condition: Reasonable (first 5 pages' binding is coming loose).      

Van Onselen (C.). Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa, 1880-1899. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2010. First Edition. "For two decades before a railway system linked southern Africa's principal cities in the mid-1890s, the world's richest supplies of diamonds and gold were transported by coach and horses to distant ports for export. For Irish soldiers based at Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, the temptation of this fabulous wealth proved irresistible: they deserted by the score and, as members of the criminal 'Irish Brigade', embarked on a spree of bank, safe and highway robberies. "Masked Raiders" follows the wild exploits of legendary brigands like the McKeone brothers and 'One-Armed Jack' McLaughlin, who ravaged the subcontinent, from the mining towns of Barberton, Kimberley and Johannesburg to the borders of Basotholand, Bechuanaland, Mozambique and Rhodesia. With tales of heists, safe-cracking, illegal gold dealings, prison breaks and hidden roadside treasure, the book reveals the potency of the highveld's 'criminal heroes', a force - until now - largely hidden from history. Startling new insights reveal how the hidden grammar of brigandage informed political actions of the day, such as the Jameson Raid, and how the movement of bandits across the interior helped shape the borders of what was to become modern South Africa. With inimitable storytelling flair, Charles van Onselen illuminates the intrigue and influence of a secretive, oath-bound brotherhood." 292pp., b+w plates. Near Fine. Pictorial Laminated Wrappers. (##2727)