Author: Jackson, Alfred de Jager.
Title: Manna in the Desert. A Revelation of the Great Karroo.
Description: Brevitas. Cape Town 2008 unnumbered reprint of 2nd edition thus. Gilt title on green leatherette boards. 256pp + photograph section at rear. 8vo 0.8kg. A Mint condition unread copy in matching dustwrapper. ISBN: 9781874976486 Tale of life on a Karoo farm in the 19thC as seen by a young boy. One of the great Africana classics. Originally published in 1920 and now a scarce item by any standard. This edition includes an afterword by Craig Elstob, great-grandson of the Author, with a section of contemporary and recent photographs. Not a facsimile edition, but a most attractive production that will undoubtedly become sought after in its own right.

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