The Past and Future of the Kaffir Races in Three Parts. I. Their History. II Their Manners and Customs III. The Means Needful For Their Preservation and Improvement.

Hardcover, 22x15cm, spine gilt titles, 516 pages, with one folding map, 4 folding tables litho plates of which some are tinted.The advert for the same author's book "History of the Colony of Natal" is included. Bumped corners, many stamps of the Ballarat Mechanics Institute ar scattered through the pages, faint ink numbers to top corner of title page,general wear. A book that is recognized as one of the standard works on South African natives in the middle of the 19th century, especially as regards Kaffir proper. Detailed, from tribal customs to great chiefs, to battles and warfare to varied tribes, to population numbers, plus loads more. Quite rare is the first ed.