Lords of the Last Frontier by Lawrence G Green. First edition 1952. H/C. 369 pp.

A COLLECTOR'S PIECE

The author spent thirty years gathering material for this fascinating narrative, visiting most places in the book himself, covering the whole story of South West Africa, from the Kunene to the Orange River - the life, the people of all races, the towns and villages, the farms, the lonely places and the deserts. With chapters on Castaways on the Kaokoveld coast; Tjimba women; Ruins of the German fort at Zessfontein; Nicholas Arends, expert skinner; These wild Bushmen; Bondelswart Hottentot family; True sentinal of solitude; A grotesque tree; and A lonely beach on the diamond coast. With black and white photographs taken by the author. Map of South West Africa as end papers.

First published 1952 by Howard B Timmins, 58 Long Street, Cape Town. Condition: Good. Unfortunately no jacket.

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