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J. A. Farrer

Zululand and the Zulus

Kerby & Endean

1879

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Rare first edition of Farrer's Zululand and the Zulus.

  • J. A. Farrer (English).
  • Zululand and the Zulus: Their History, Beliefs, Customs, Military System, Home Life, Legends, etc., etc., and Missions to Them.
  • London: Kerby & Endean, 1879.
  • [2], [1-5], 6-151, [3] pages.
  • Octavo.
  • Newly rebound in full red cloth, black label with gilt to spine, majority of publisher's printed paper on boards preserved and pasted onto new cloth.


An extremely anti-Boer guide published during the Anglo-Zulu War to satisfy public demand for information about the Zulu and Zululand. It rapidly passed through four editions in 1879.

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Some worming, being most severe to last leaf and extending back through page 133.

Minor gutter pinpricks past 133.

Rear endpaper with archival reinforcement to gutter.

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First Edition

Language

English

Subject

History, Military, Politics, Religion

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