THE OLD TRANSPORT ROAD. by Hyatt, Stanley Portal

Rhodesiana Reprint Library (Gold Series) Volume Three (3). Books of Rhodesia. Bulawayo 1974 reprint thus. Facsimile of the 1914 Andrew Melrose edition with new Foreword.. A sound reading copy. damp stains affecting lower edge of rear board and final 20+ ff. dustwrapper (spine faded, damp stains internally, worn at head of spine, but no loss of tears). overall Good condition.. Printed blue boards. 302pp illustrated b/w plates. 8vo. Author tells of transport-riding with ox-wagons, and trading in the south-east of Rhodesia before the turn of the 20thC. He became the most prosperous trader in his area until the rinderpest epidemic robbed him of all that he had built up.