The Pace of the Ox, by Marjorie Juta. 1936 first edition. H/C. 338 pp.

The Pace of the Ox: The Life of Paul Kruger

President Paul Kruger, thought by many to be "an illiterate old man in a top hat", was a leader with much courage and greatness in his soul. His history carries with it the childhood of his nation. Marjory Juta started his story at age nine in 1835 as a voorloper at the head of a span of oxen in front of the Kruger wagon, part of the Great Trek into the wild interior. It ended with the Boer War of 1899-1902 and Kruger's exile. 

With 9 black and white photographs and 2 fold-out maps at the end of the book.

A rare first South African edition published 1936 by Constable & Company, London.

Condition: Fair to good. Outside: Sellotape at bottom of hardcover. Some stains on front and back. Inside: Ex library book (Napier Library) with library card, label and blue library stamps. Foxing on title page and some other pages. Spine open opposite title page. No loose pages and book still sturdily bound. Some insect damage to top of three prelims.