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SCULLY, W. C.
Lodges in the Wilderness.
First edition, first impression. William Charles Scully (1855–1943) was a prolific South African author known for his sympathy with the native people of the region. His first volume of short stories, Kafir Stories (1895) is "probably the earliest collection of short stories written by any white man in which all of the heroes are black men" (Marquard). This volume is the story of a journey across the Great Waterless Desert undertaken by the author during the 1890s when he was Special Magistrate for the Northern Border of the Cape Colony. In an attempt to connect the book with current events of the Boer War, the publisher has tipped-in a small ticket at the title page reading, "General Botha's army is operating in the neighbourhood of the Great Waterless Desert dealt with in this book. It forms the great problem of the campaign". A beautiful copy with the colour design to the upper board in splendid condition.
Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and upper board in white, colour pictorial design to upper board. Frontispiece and 3 plates. Spine rolled and faded, contents toned and lightly spotted. The colour design to the upper board in superb condition.
