A Yankee's Adventures in South Africa
Chicago: Thos. W. Jackson Publishing Company, ca. 1915. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 11-233, [1], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Red cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Jacket shows a price of $1.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket for other clothbound books in the Jackson Publishing series. Illustrated with two frontispieces and with several full-page drawings. A fictional novel of an Englishman supportive of imperialism traveling around South Africa in search of resources and wealth. The book has a short biography of Cecil Rhodes at the end. A perfect example of white attitudes towards the Zulu and the original inhabitants of South Africa. Very Good / Very Good+. Item #000010343
Lacks the free front endpaper; jacket shows a few traces of edge wear.
Price: $60.00