South african autobiography plomer

Buy The South African Autobiography - Plomer, William for R130.00

About the product Book has no inscriptions. wraps are a touch rubbed. Binding is excellent, tight and square. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

About the product 8vo; original orange cloth, lettered in black on upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 89; line drawings. Cloth partially sunned and mottled; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; scattered, moderate foxing. Fair to good condition."This is not an autobiography in the usual sense but an attempt to show the influences in the life of a young South African of the first generation, in the period between the end of the Boer War and the outbreak of the first World War. Until 1914 I knew only the Cape Peninsula. These reminiscences, therefore, are of that narrow strip of land between Cape Town and Cape Point, separated from the mainland by the Cape Flats."

Faber & Faber 1943 FIRST EDITION Hardcover, no jacket in good condition - the corners of the boards are bumped and the spine edges show a little shelf wear. Deckled edges present as published. The four illustrated plates and two folding maps are all present. The maps are perfectly folded and show no signs of wear or damage. This is the third and last volume of Reitz's autobiography and covers life in South African politics between the wars, concluding with him as Deputy Prime Minister of South Africa.