Speeches, Letters & Selections fr Important Papers of the Late John Mitford Bowker (Africana Collect

There is a short biographical sketch of Mr. Bowker, who died in the midst of the Kaffir War of 1847. Chapter I. contains an epitome of Frontier History, and Chapter II. private correspondence with Sir B. Durban, and the other chapters record speeches and letters to officials and private friends respecting the state of the Eastern Province from 18371847. It is stated that the volume will be found to contain a picture by an eye-witness, an actor and a sufferer, of the life of a British Colonial subject in the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope. South African Bibliography to 1925, i, p. 266.

Hardcover. English. Struik. 1962 facsimile reprint of the original 1864 edition, limited edition no 71 of 500 copies. 273 pp plus index. Good condition in faux leather, no dw, pages a little discoloured. Book No: 2505666