Methuen & Co. 1948 1st edition.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In cream cloth covers with gilt to maroon title label on spine and gilt flower to front. With pictorial dustwrapper. Map to front endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Tear to back top edge. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Neat pencil inscriptions to half title page.Else a clean and tight copy. 368 pp. Numerous photo plates and a map. A first visit to the Union of South Africa and a journey from Capetown to the Transvaal. The author describes life in town and country and ends with a visit to Victoria Falls. Includes the first printing of Winston Churchill’s letter to the Boer Secretary for War, left on his escape from Pretoria.

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 92338
Title: In Search Of South Africa.
Author: MORTON, H.V.:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Methuen & Co. 1948 1st edition.
Keywords: FOREIGN TRAVEL::Africa MORTON, Search, South Africa, Capetown, Transvaal, town, country, Victoria Falls, Boer war, first edition Winston S.Churchill Africa

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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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