Journals of Andrew Geddes Bain. No. 30. by Lister, Margaret Hermina (Ed): Trader, Explorer, Soldier, Road Engineer and Geologist

(Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1949). Volume number 30 in the Society's first series. 8vo; original grey cloth, with spine lettered in blue and publisher's monogram in blue to upper board; pp. xxxix + (i) + 264, incl. index; frontis. portrait and plates, incl. folding; maps, incl. folding. Bottom fore-corners bumped; some foxing to edges, endpapers and outermost leaves, occasional fox spot elsewhere; earlier owners' name and book label to front endpaper. Very good condition. Andrew Geddes Bain (1797-1864) was "road-builder, geologist, explorer, trader, soldier, writer and artist ... Utterly fearless and powerfully built, with twinkling blue eyes, he was one of the most versatile men of his day, his contributions to posterity covering many fields. An explorer who travelled far and wide, years before the Voortrekkers set out for the unknown north, he helped, through his publications, to open up the country. His humorous Kaatjie Kekkelbek is part of the national tradition,… Read More

The Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 264 pages (complete). A much owned copy. The cloth covers are marked by handling, mildly worn and scuffed. Within, the guttering about the frontis and end papers are cracked. The security and facility of the book is unaffected. The contents are tidy and affable. The pages are personable, clean, clear, tight, benign, assured and comfortable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.