Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information by Harrison, C. W. Francis (compiler and editor)

(London: Payne Jennings, 1903). Bookplates of I & FW Hosken and Maurice Katz to front endpaper. Natal Government Railways' General Manager's compliments slip tipped in on title page. 4to; pale green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and in gilt and green to upper cover; pp. xii + 300, incl. index; numerous photographs in text; maps and plans, including large "Bird's Eye Map of War District" in end pocket. Cloth rather stippled and worn; upper joint chafed; lower hinge starting; moderate foxing to endpapers, edges, and occasionally elsewhere; short archival tape repair to reverse of fold in map facing page 227. Good condition. The Hosken copy. (Mendelssohn I, p. 690; Hosken, p. 94) "With the establishment of a firm and honourable Peace, there dawns on the Sub-Continent of Africa an era of prosperity more resplendent than any it has ever known; and in the conception and realisation of the vast developments which will surely rise from the ashes of the past Natal may be relied upon to contribute her portion as cheerfully as she shared the sorrows, labours, and misfortunes of the late inevitable war. Some years anterior to the struggle, the South African States were but little heeded by the outside world, and in this neglect and disregard, Natal, with its delightful scenery, its great farming advantages and mineral wealth, its varied peoples and immense possibilities, was perhaps the greatest sufferer. Now the veil of obscurity has vanished; it is no longer erroneously regarded as a shire of Cape Colony, but is well known to be a large self-governing State, and is universally renowned as one of the most desirable and interesting portions of South Africa." .