Author: Balfour, Alice Blanche.
Title: Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon.
Description: Heritage Series Volume II. The Pioneer Head. Salisbury 1970. facsimile of the Edward Arnold 1895 edition Gilt decorated magenta cloth boards. xix + 265pp illustrated coloured frontis, foldout map, drawings. 8vo. Bookplate to front pastedown. lower spine a bit compressed, else a VG+ copy in G++ dustwrapper (spine darkened & shows damp marking, chipped at head and tail, no loss or tears). excellent foldout map. Copy No.555 of 1500. Describes a leisurely trip from Kimberley to Umtali including the initial stay at the Cape, the rail trip to Kimberley, a visit to Basutoland and the final onward journey to Beira and Zanzibar. The Author comments perceptively on all that she saw and provides excellent drawings to illustrate her story.

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