South Africa: Its History, Heroes and Wars: Four Books in One Volume by Mackenzie, Professor W. Douglas, D. D - 1900

Hardcover. Fair. Water damage has warped and deeply stained the bottom quarter of this book. Nonetheless, all the pages are legible and the book makes interesting reading. The covers are loosening and are thoroughly worn, and the front end paper is missing. The head and tail of the spine are very worn.

Chicago : The Chas. B. Ayer Company, 1900. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 7". None. A highly illustrated collection of four books about South African History, Wars and with some biographies. Superbly illustrated with original drawings and photographs under the direction of George Spiel. Four volumes bound in one, continuously paginated. The four books are: The History of South Africa; Cecil J. Rhodes, Capitalist and Politician; Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger; and The British Boer War - 1899-1900". William Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D. (1859 - 1936) was an American Congregational theologian, born at Fauresmith, Orange River Colony, South Africa, educated in Edinburgh at Watson's College School and at the Congregational Theological Hall. He studied at Göttingen, then emigrated to the United States whereat he served as professor of systematic theology at Chicago Theological Seminary at Hartford from 1895 to 1903, president of the Hartford Seminary after 1904, and served as President Emeritus… Read More