Ex-library copy with large ownership stamps on front and back endpapers and on p 305. Further stamp on title page and on lower fore edges of pages. Ink inscription on half-title page, front fep removed. DW scuffed and torn at spine.

Small closed tear to the front edge of the dw. Gift inscription on the fep.

Originally published 1861. Number 495 of a limited edition of 510 copies. One neat library stamp on verso of title page. Green on top fore edges slightly faded.

No date of publication. Book and dw in fine condition.

Dust jacket in good condition with illustration tipped in. good firm copy.

A crisp clean copy.

Biography of John Hammond, educator in early Rhodesia.

Descriptions of places such as Gordon’s Bay, Hermanus, Kenton on Sea, Port Alfred , Grahamstown and others in the 1920’s. Gift inscription on the fep.

Past owner’s name on front endpaper. A very clean copy in an adhesive tape stained dw.

Previous owner’s name on front fep. All plates present. Binding firm and text clean and whole. Shelfwear to corners of boards; spine faded and chipped. Gilding to top fore edge.