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(Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1954). Volume 35 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series. 8vo; original pale grey cloth, with black lettering to spine, and publisher's device in black to upper board; pp. (viii) + 197 + (vii); plates; folding map. Some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. "Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola." .
THE NARRATIVE AND JOURNAL OF GERALD MCKIERNAN IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1874-1879. by McKiernan, Gerald. (Ed. P. Serton)
by McKiernan, Gerald. (Ed. P. Serton)
THE NARRATIVE AND JOURNAL OF GERALD MCKIERNAN IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1874-1879.
by McKiernan, Gerald. (Ed. P. Serton)
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Van Riebeeck Society (VRS) First Series Volume 35 Cape Town 1954.. Neat gift inscripton ffep. eps tanned. boards clean, 4 square corners, spine showing use marks, internally unmarked. overall a G-VG copy.. Light cloth boards. 193pp illustrated b/w plates, foldout map. 8vo. Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola.
- Bookseller Fables Bookshop (ZA)
- Book Condition Used - Neat gift inscripton ffep. eps tanned. boards clean, 4 square corners, spine showing use marks, internally unmarked. overall a G
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Van Riebeeck Society (VRS) First Series Volume 35 Cape Town 1954.
- Keywords vrs travel adventure south west angola african south african southern van riebeeck riebeek society first series volume 35