South Africa (Romance of Empire Series)

Author(s): Colvin, Ian D

Illustrator(s): Smithard, G S; Skelton, J S

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	T C and E C Jack
Publication Year:	1909
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	009036
Catalogue(s):	Uncategorized

Undated. 328pp, twelve colour plates (including frontispiece). Blue cloth-covered boards; black titles on front and spine, tipped in colour insert on front. Spine sun faded, ends bumped, cloth wearing through, small white paint stains. Corners lightly bumped, cloth rubbed. Top edge dusty, outer edge foxed. Presentation plate on front paste down (dated 1912). Free endpapers tanned. Prelim pages foxed. Otherwise internally neat, clean and quite tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Children's history book with chapters on The Land of Prestor John; Vasco de Gama; The Story of Almeida; The Queen of Sheba's Mines; The First Martyr; The Siege of Mozambique, etc.

Keywords:

South Africa African history Empire Imperialism Colonisation