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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. jacket is rubbed, chipped and sunned. edge wear and knocking on boards. thorough tanning, soiling and marks. some foxing. gift inscriptions. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing and browning along the edges, there are damp marks internally. The boards are edge rubbed with scuffing and browning along the edges. The binding is secure. Browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*26/02/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Illustrated (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. The jacket is rubbed and marked.Old tape residue marks.Tanning.Tightly bound.Good copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. The pictorial cloth binding is clean and unworn, with square, unbumped corners. The contents are clean and bright, no markings other than a neat owner's inscription to the title page. In addition this book has been *SIGNED BY AUTHOR* on the title page. The unclipped dust jacket (R3.30) is clean and complete, with only slight edgewear and minor fading to the spine. From the blurb: "The biography of Lord Charles Somerset needed to be written, for it is of absorbing human interest. It is here enhanced by the biographer's laconic, urbane style, and by the distinctive illustrations". Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Included is A Handwritten letter from the Author and a Newspaper Article relating to the book. Publication of 293 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, creases and small closed tears along the edges. There is a minor tear alongside the spine of the book. There are minor pencil markings within the body of the book, the pages remain complete and the text legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Lord Charles Somerset lived during one of the most colourful and eventful periods in South African and British history. The Plantagenet ancestry of this son of the Duke of Beaufort explains much of his career as Governor and Commander in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope from 1814-26. He was autocratic, passionate, quick tempered, fond of sport and hunting; he was also hard working, firm, not afraid to be unpopular, full of energy and zeal. Brought up in the splendours of Badminton, his ancestral home, he became one of the brilliant company surrounding the Prince of Wales. He early showed more daring than financial prudence when he eloped with a bride who brought him great happiness but small fortune. After rapid advancement in public life and the Army, he sailed for the Cape, that 'grave of great reputations', to become Governor, and the centre of controversy. Looked upon as the embodiment of High Toryism by Whigs and Radicals in England, and as an oppressive autocrat by many at the Cape, he was bitterly attacked, becoming involved in plots, protests, libels, espionage, and conflicts over the freedom of the press. From his vigorous and heartfelt letters to a Commissioner of Enquiry, which have become available only in recent years, Lord Charles emerges perhaps for the first time as an understandable human being, caught up in complex situations many of which have not been resolved even today. This correspondence and the results of much original research in England and South Africa have enabled the first biographer of Somerset to throw a new light on his governorship during an important formative period of British rule at the Cape. The breadth of canvas covered is indicated by the variety of the other characters, famous and infamous, who appear, sometimes briefly, sometimes not: Wellington and Napoleon, Lord Raglan, later of the Crimea, who was Somerset's younger brother, Creevey the Whig diarist and Henry Brougham, the literary courtesan Harriette Wilson and the hoaxer Theodore Hook; and in South Africa, the pioneer journalists Pringle and Fairbairn, a 'terrible priest' and an escaped convict from Botany Bay masquerading as an attorney and self-appointed people's champion, and of course Dr James Barry, Lord Charles's protégée, who became Inspector General of Hospitals in the British Army, and at death was found to have been a woman. The biography of Lord Charles Somerset needed to be written, for it is of absorbing human interest. It is here enhanced by the biographer's laconic, urbane style, and by the distinctive illustrations. -------------------------------------- 293 pages including index and b/w photographs. Faint Sellotape marks ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5¾" - 8¾" Tall.…

Zustand: Very Good. Text is clean and clear with colour plates throughout. Boards and DW show very little wear.