South African Memories (Scarce with Dust Jacket) | Sir Percy FitzPatrick
Publisher: Cassell & Company (1932)
ISBN: N/A
Condition: DJ in good condition, with light rubbing, slight edgewear, and some small open and closed tears to edges. DJ has been covered with protective Brodart plastic sleeve. Book: Very good. Very slight bumps to corners of boards, cloth covering on rear board is lifting in places. Light foxing to edges of textblock, endpapers and pastedowns, and to top edge of full title page. Slight browning to endpapers. Slight scuffing to top edge of textblock. With monochrome frontispiece and 3 monochrome plates, collated and complete. Text and plates are clean. Well bound.
Binding: Hardcover with DJ
Pages: 319
Dimensions: 24 x 16.4 x 3.8cm
SKU: IZb6870
Weight: 0.85kg
Price: R1750.00
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by Sir Percy FitzPatrick
+++ Please see photo for synopsis/table of contents/more details of book. Sir James Percy FitzPatrick, KCMG (1862 – 1931), known as Percy FitzPatrick, was a South African author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. He authored the classic children's book, Jock of the Bushveld (1907). As a politician, he defended British Imperial interests before and during the Anglo-Boer War. FitzPatrick is responsible for the creation of the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day. South African Memories was published posthumously.