Arthur Brigg (3 results)

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 268. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1888 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 268.

London: T. Woolmer. 1888. 8vo. Original illustrated cloth with bevelled edges, patterned endpapers; pp. 255, wood-engraved frontispiece (without tissue guard) in pagination, full-page wood-engravings; cloth a little darkened and marked, corner of front fly-leaf with tiny flaw; otherwise a very good copy with contemporary Methodist school prize plate inside front cover.Very uncommon first edition of this first-hand account of life among the natives of South Africa, written by a Methodist missionary with 26 years experience of the country. Arthur Brigg (active c. 1856-1890) gives detailed descriptions of the daily life of the 'Kaffirs' as all native tribes were called. Of course the devastating conflicts between the natives (mostly Xhosa) and Europeans, Boers and British settlers, are the constant backdrop of the narrative.

London: T. Woolmer. 1888. 8vo. Original illustrated cloth with bevelled edges, patterned endpapers; pp. 255, wood-engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in pagination, full-page wood-engravings; cloth a little darkened and marked, corner of front fly-leaf with tiny flaw; otherwise a very good copy.Very uncommon first edition of this first-hand account of life among the natives of South Africa, written by a Methodist missionary with 26 years experience of the country. Arthur Brigg (active c. 1856-1890) gives detailed descriptions of the daily life of the 'Kaffirs' as all native tribes were called. Of course the devastating conflicts between the natives (mostly Xhosa) and Europeans, Boers and British settlers, are the constant backdrop of the narrative.