Published by Howard Timmins, 1953 - first edition

Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket shows quite a bit of wear - please see pics. Book itself in good condition but the frontispiece is working loose - still attached, though!

Assegai over the Hills by FC Metrowich should take its place on the shelves of all those who enjoy stirring yarns of the men and women who helped to build South Africa... of all those who "never thought that history could be so interesting." This book reads like an adventure story, enlivened as it is by the exploits of such picturesque characters as the militant chaplain, the convict constable, the eccentric Scot, the Maid of Fort Beaufort, the settler destined to become "Emperor of America", and many other amazing personalities. Here, too, are recounted absorbing episodes taken from the pioneer days of the Albany Settlement, - the identification of the first South African diamond and the incredible life-story of the Baboon Boy of the Eastern Cape. Settler content.

Please see pics as they form part of the description.