Jan Hofmeyr, Heir to Smuts, a Biography by Tom Macdonald. 1st ed 1948. H/C with jacket. 271 pp.

The story of the remarkable career of the great South African Liberal, Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mines and of Education in the Union Government. This biography traces the career of Hofmeyr since he was a boy prodigy and shows him as a professor and an administrator as a young man. He was the Man of Many Portfolios, the man of massive intellect, and the man with the Hofmeyr "conscience". With black and white photographs.

First published 1948 by Hurst & Blackett, London. Condition: Fair to good. Paste-downs and flyleaves stained. Dust jacket in poor condition with a number of tears and pieces missing.