KALJANDER VAN DIE KAROO by Van Der Merwe, Elizabeth - 1962

For the Publication of Southern African Historical Documents, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The front and the spine of the book is printed in bold black writing. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

VRS Second Series Vol.48. Van Riebeeck Society 2017.. A very Fine copy.. Gilt titles on chocolate cloth boards. 205pp. illustrated b/w plates. 8vo 0.5kg. President Steyn is one of the heroes of Afrikaner history, leading the guerilla war against the British from 1899-1902 and fiercely resisting submission. Struck down with a neural disease in 1902 he was unable to participate in the negotiations that ended the war. Despite this he had an active role in politics for many years as an 'elder statesman'. In making available for the first time a wide selection of his letters between 1904 and 1910, it allows readers to follow his transformation from being a man whom the less-than-friendly 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica called ‘the most irreconcilable of the Boer leaders’ to a person whom it felt was ‘distinguished for his statesmanlike and conciliatory attitude’. His role in the negotiations which produced the first ‘new South Africa’ in 1910 was pivotal and these letters show how… Read More

Van Riebeeck Society, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 205 pages (complete). Jacket a bit edge worn. Boards a bit shelf rubbed. Minor handling markings. A very good and decent copy, excellent binding, internally clean. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.