Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon by Alice Blanche Balfour - 1970 Limited Edition | Good condition

Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon

By Alice Blanche Balfour

Pioneer Head 1970.
This is number 1230 of 1500.

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. There are three minor tape marks on the inside front and back covers. See photos. The dust jacket is in very condition and is protected by cellophane.

Alice Blanche Balfour (20 October 1850 - 12 June 1936) was a Scottish entomologist, naturalist, scientific illustrator and one of the earliest pioneers in the science of genetic. She was the sister of Arthur James Balfour, who became Prime Minister of England and later the 1st Earl of Balfour.

In 1895 she published the book Twelve Hundred miles in a Waggon which describes the leisurely journey taken by herself, H. W. Fitzwilliam, Albert Grey and his wife, and Albert Grey's cousin George Grey from Kimberley to Umtali. It is extremely readable with many impressions of early Rhodesian personalities. She also talks about the journey from Southampton to Cape Town. 

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