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John Blades Currey 1850-1900 Fifty Years in the Cape Colony
Verlag: The Brenthurst Press, Houghton, 1986
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Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Various (illustrator). First edition. A splendid large paper, limited edition copy of John Blades Currey's memoirs of his experiences in South Africa, adorned with striking colour plates. Limited edition of this work, one of eight hundred and fifty unnumbered copies bound in cloth, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, containing John Blades Currey's memoirs of fifty years in South Africa, where he exerted a deep influence on the Cape's most famous man, and chronicled the political and social events of his time.John Blades Currey's was Colonial Secretary to the Government of Griqualand West and an influential businessman and politician of the Cape Colony.Illustrated with sixty four plates printed in text, of which some are impressive watercolours by a variety of artists including Thomas Baines and Frederick I'Ons among others, as well as a black and white photographic portrait frontispiece of John Blades Currey by Henry van de Weyde. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece in black and white and sixty four plates in text, some in colour. Collated, complete. Fine. book.
