Author:
LUCAS Thomas J.
Title:
CAMP LIFE AND SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA; Experiences of Kaffir Warfare with the Cape Mounted Rifles.
Price:
£280.00
Year:
1878
Publisher:
Chapman Hall
City of Publication:
London
Summary:
xiii, 258, 22 pp of adverts, colour tinted lithograph frontispiece of a Zulu Warrior, and 3 colour tinted lithographs. Some cracking to front end paper gutter. Publishers' green cloth with black ruling and gilt title and running antelope vignette to the upper cover. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spine and corners VG. "Lucas was a member of the Cape Mounted Rifles during one of the series of so-called Kaffir Wars that erupted in South Africa. While most of the text relates military adventures, the author found time to hunt wildebeest and lion in the kopje country near Bloemfontain." Czech 171.
Ref:
23867
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