The African Colony Studies in the Reconstruction de Buchan, John - 1903

Paperback / softback. New.

1903. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1903. Original dark blue cloth. First Edition, first binding (some copies were put up in a green Times Book Club binding). As the Boer War wound down in 1901, Buchan received a two-year appointment to assist Lord Milner in the reconstruction of the Colony. Buchan, who had not been enthusiastic about the war, believing that the British, on balance, 'were only just in the right,' was enthusiastic about the reconstruction and entirely in sympathy with Milner's objectives. [Smith] This is Buchan's survey of the situation in South Africa after the war, with his thoughts about what should be done next. Included are two large foldout color maps -- one of "South Africa" and one of "The New Colonies." The volume is bright and near-fine (very slightly rubbed at the extremities). Blanchard A15 (citing only one foldout map, not two).

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good. 1903. First Edition. Blue cloth. Two faultless large folding colored maps. Bright gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing at fore-edge corners; Buchan collector's bookplate to front pastedown; light foxing to fly sheets. Deckled pages, many of which are uncut. A bright, tight copy with strong hinges and gutters.; Octavo; Additional images and further information provided upon request.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1903. [History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xviii; 404. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, edges untrimmed, two folding maps printed in colour, blue coated endpapers. Reading lean, textblock generally bright and clean with just the occasional mark, some tearing and chipping to the first (fragile) map. Some dustiness to edges. Cloth lightly rubbed to extremities, some marking. Rare. Very good. Buchan's study into the options for reconstruction in South Africa after the end of the Second Boer War.