1913 * The Conquest of the Desert - William MacDonald (Kalahari Desert)

WITH 50 ILLUSTRATIONS. PUBLISHED BY T. WERNER LAURIE, NO PUB DATE, PREFACE DATED 1913. REBOUND IN GREEN FAUX-LEATHER WITH FRAME BLOCK TITLE TO FRONT COVER, 197pp + [11 ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE REAR]. THE FEPP IS PASTED 1cm ONTO THE TITLE PAGE, BUT NOT AFFECTING THE PRINT BLOCK. OCCASIONAL MILD DAMP MARKS TO UPPER & LOWER PARTS OF SOME PAGES, SOME SPOTTING & FOXING, AND A PIECE OF CLEAR TAPE TO PAGE 192/3's CENTRE. THE LAST BLANK PAGE HAS SOME WEAR. BINDING STILL GOOD, THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF THE DESERT & IT'S PEOPLE.
This book has been written for the purpose of calling attention to that wonderful region entitled the Kalahari Desert, or "The Great Thirst Land". The desert may be roughly divided into two great divisions - The North & The South. This book is about the Southern part that falls within the territory of the Union of South Africa.

Please look at the photographs.