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Cetywayo and His White Neighbours
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Trubner & Co, 1888. Cloth. Good Only. 7.5" by 5.5". None. An uncommon second edition copy of Cetywayo and His White Neighbours by H. Rider Haggard. A second edition copy, with the addition of a new introduction. Cetywayo and His White Neighbours contains remarks on events in what was then Zululand, Natal and the Transvaal. Zululand was a monarchy in Southern Africa and Transvaal was a province of South Africa from 1910 to 1994. This volume is a non-fiction book which was Haggard's first full-length published work based on his time working in South Africa. Cetywayo refers to the Zulu King Cetshwayo who was king of the Zulu Kingdom during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn with marks to the boards and spine and rubbing to the joints and spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. W. R. Brown stamps to the half title page, front endpapers and Z. A. Beer stamp to the title page. Front hinge starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Good Only
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 859B38
- Title
- Cetywayo and His White Neighbours
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trubner & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Cetywayo and His White Neighbours h. rider haggard history transvaal h. rider haggard
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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