Campaigning in Kaffirland or Scenes and Adventures of the Kaffir War of 1851-52.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1855.
Hardcover. Good. Second edition. 8vo, pp. x, [2], 331, [1], 4 (ads); folding map, 5 tinted lithographs, and a flawless, large folding map in cover pocket; original red cloth, top of spine badly chipped with loss (but no loss of lettering), cloth partially split along the front joint with minor loss of cloth, front hinge cracked, one plate loose (but present), the whole shaken; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Contains accounts of many of the engagements and incidents in the campaign, as well as some information concerning the wreck of the Birkenhead, a vessel bringing reinforcements to the army in the field. There are also notes on "the character, habits, and customs of the various native races" Mendelssohn I, 829 (referring to the first edition of 1853); Abbey, Travel, 342.
Item #7622
Sold