Christiaan de Wet. 'n Lewensbeskrywing by Kestell, J. D

(Cape Town: De Nationale Pers, [1922]). Demy 8vo; original light green cloth, lettered in black on spine; pp. (viii) + 323; plates. Cloth a little rubbed, with trace of stippling to lower cover; ownership inscription penned to front free endpaper; hinges starting; a little foxing. Good. Afrikaans text. (Nienaber I, p. 180) Despite the title page giving 1920 as the date of publication, Nienaber states that the second edition was printed in 1922. Firsthand account of the great guerilla general, Christiaan de Wet. "On the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899) he [Kestell] joined the Harrismith commando as a chaplain, and later became the trusted adviser of Pres. M. T. Steyn and Gen. C. R. de Wet. Numerous stories are still told about Kestell's fearlessness on commando, his courage, endurance, cheerfulness despite hardships, and his unselfish aid for the sick and wounded. ... Kestell later wrote the first biography of his friend, De Wet, with whom he had shared so much joy and sorrow: Christiaan de Wet: 'n lewensbeskrywing (Cape Town, 1920). It appeared before De Wet's death." - DSAB I, p. 422. .