Wells, A.W.

South Africa- A Planned Tour of the Country To-Day Describing Its Towns, Its Scenic Beauties, Its Wild and Its Historic Places, and Telling of the Men Who Made Or Discovered Them. With 32 pages of Coloured Maps, 30 Photogravure Illustrations and Reference Sections.

First Edition. London, J.M Dent & Sons Ltd., 1939. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 432 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior very bright and clean. Preowner details on front pastedown (″D.A.Cannon – Durban, June 1941”).

Includes, for example, the following: Getting to Know Cape Town / Some Kimberley Characters / Salisbury, the Young Capital / Bulawayo, and the Pioneers / Johannesburg / Pretoria, ‘City of Roses’ / Bloemfontein: The Centre City / Durban is Different / In Zululand / The South West and Aughrabies / etc.
Part guidebook part travel journal of trip across Southern Africa.
Contains vignettes of colonial life in South Africa, South West Africa and Rhodesia during the 1930s.

• Keywords: 20th Century · Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British Southern · Africa, Southern · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Apartheid · British Dominions · British Empire · British Imperial · British Imperialism · South Africa · South African History · Travel · Travel Africa – Rare · Travel Guide · Travel Journal · Travel Writing · Travellers · Travelling Authors
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120125AB

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