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Native Life on the Transvaal Border [INSCRIBED]

Willoughby, W. C.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "Miss Nyren & ... the true friends of many years. With all good wishes from the author. W. C. Willoughby. 14. April, 1900" on front free endpaper. Oblong Octavo. 64pp. Original tan cloth with beveled edges, gilt lettering and the chief's seal on cover. Gilt edges.

Travelogue of a journey through the Bechuanaland Protectorate (today's Botswana), chiefly of the part Khama (Khama III; 1837?-1923, referred to as Khama the Good) governs. It describes the scenery, the people, the homes of the people, the native government, "women's and men's Work," the native churches, native education and is illustrated with b/w offset reproductions of striking photographs illustrating each chapter. The final two chapters elaborate on European life in "Khama's Town" and life in Bechuanaland after the invention of the telegraph and the building of railways, also with b/w photographs.

Binding with light wear along edges and rubbed, light water-staining. Endpapers browned with light rectangular edges. Blind stamp of Munger Africana Library on title page. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. Good to very good condition. Item #49792

Price: $250.00