Author: Du Toit, S.J.
Title: Rhodesia Past and Present.
Description: William Heinemann. London 1897 1st edition. Argent title and device on maroon boards. 218pp illustrated photographic plates. 8vo. Re-backed with original backstrip laid down and new endpapers, old endpapers with author's inscription retained. Boards rather marked, and the repairs are less than optimal. A sound reading copy. Inscribed by Author to original fep. Originally published as "Sambesia, Of Salomo's Goudmijnen Bezocht In 1895". Interesting descriptions of life in early Rhodesia with his comment upon travel, agricultural opportunities, flora & fauna, the early settlers - especially the Afrikaners, mining prospects, the first urban settlements, African tribal life, and Rhodes new telegraph and railway lines.

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