Author: Sir H. Rider Haggard
Title: Rosmarine a Story of Twenty-Five Years and a Sequel, Being a Chronicle of S. Etheldreda&Apos;S School, Pretoria
Description: London, A. R. Mowbray & Co LTD, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce study on one of the oldest schools in Pretoria, the first edition of this illustrated work which features a preface by H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. Only two records of this work being held institutionally, at the Dalhousie University Libraries, Canada, and the University of the Witwatersrand Library, South Africa.A concise history of St. Etheldreda's School in Pretoria, now known as St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, with a preface by H. Rider Haggard. Founded in 1871, the school is one of the oldest in Pretoria, as is one of the most prestigious schools in South Africa. This work contains an interesting passage on the school during the annexation period of Pretoria, from about 1877 to 1880. In his preface, Haggard describes his experiences in the capital during this period. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fifteen plates.Bookplate of Elsie MacDonald to the front paste down. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. MInor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. Spots to the endpapers. Small tears to the head and tail of the rear joint. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Rosmarine h. rider haggard st etheldreda's school pretoria h. rider haggard Not Stated


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