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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards remain tidy with little shelf rub. Binding is secure. Spots on a few pages not affecting the text. No inscriptions or annotations. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Brenthurst Second Series, number 2. Standard edition limited to 850 copies. Large 4to; original crimson cloth; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; tinted top edge; silk markers; pp. 275 + (i), incl. index; several reproductions of contemporary illustrations, in monochrome and full colour. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. A few fox spots to fore-edge, else fine. "The name of John Blades Currey (1829-1904) is seldom mentioned in histories of southern Africa. Indeed, the young Englishman who arrived at the Cape in 1850 made little direct impact on its story. He was nonetheless to become a profound influence on some of the Cape's most famous men and an astute chronicler of the political and social events of his time. His memoirs, published here for the first time, cover half a century of Cape history, from 1850 to 1900. Soldiering, farming, copper-mining - Currey tried all these; then, on the advice of governor Sir George Grey he joined the Cape civil service. While in its employ in the late 1860s he was entrusted with the task of introducing to a sceptical Europe southern Africa's first diamond, the 'Eureka'. Later, as secretary to the government of Griqualand West, he chose the new name of 'Kimberley' for the burgeoning diamond-fields town of New Rush. But in 1875 Currey was blamed for the diggers' rebellion there, and this led to his dismissal from office and blighted his subsequent public career. While he was in Kimbeley Currey befriended two young fortune-hunters, both of whom were to become renowned premiers of the Cape: Cecil John Rhodes and John X. Merriman. To both of them Currey was to remain a lifelong friend and counsellor. . He is revealed in the account not as a politician but as a man who helped to shape politicians, not as a man who made history but rather as one who was passionately part of it. The manuscript forms part of The Brenthurst Collection, as do the majority of the contemporary illustrations which complement the text.".

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HEAVY. 275pp, index, bibliography, appendix, bw & col ills. Or red cloth in jacket with white placemarker ribbon, top edge tinted. Tape stains to endpapers and flaps from old protective cover. Edition limited to 850 clothbound copies. Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Alain (Photography) Proust (illustrator). First Edition. English book. The jacket is slightly shelf rubbed. There are no inscriptions, and the pages within are crisp, clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Alain (Photography) Proust (illustrator). First Edition. Jacket is very slightly shelf rubbed and remains tidy. Boards are neat with very little edge rub. Binding is secure. Ink inscription from previous owner on the back of the front end page. The balance of the pages are crisp with no markings, inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited to 125 Numbered Copies of which this Copy is Numbered 90. Brenthurst Second Series 2. With frontis., + 64 other illustrations, original half morocco with matching slipcase,very good copy, pp. 275. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK DUE TO WEIGHT.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Alain (Photography) Proust (illustrator). First Edition. the book is not signed by the author however it is signed by Hannes Myburgh. Myburgh is the current owner of Meerlust. it has been in the family for eight generations.the jacket is a little shelf rubbed and the back is slightly marked. it is bright and attractive and untorn and presents very well in cellophane. the book appears new and little used. no other inscriptions and excellent binding. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.