THE STORY OF THE EXPANSION OF SOUTH AFRICA - HON. A. WILMOT IN SOUTH AFRICA

The volume deals with the gradual growth of South African colonisation from the days of the discovery of the continent by the Portuguese to the period of the Matabele War and the death of Lobengula, and incidentally, the history of the whole of the sub-continent is sketched together with interesting notes upon the natives, and their customs, manners, and characteristics.Price: R900.00Edition: Second edition (with supplementary chapter, index, special map, and new appendix)Published: 1895Publishers: T. Fisher UnwinCondition: Cloth hardcover in good condition, with shelf wear on the corners of the cover, and top and bottom of the spine. Slightly soiled - evidence that the book has extensively handled. Gilt lettering and map outline on the cover still in good condition, gilt lettering on the spine slightly faded. Foxing on the end-papers, otherwise internally in good condition - clean and tightly bound.