A Glimpse of South Africa

(Stellenbosch: The University Publishers and Booksellers, 1949). 4to; original blue cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 226 + (i); plates; diagrams and cross-sections in text. Dustwrapper slightly tanned and edgeworn, with earlier owner's tape reinforcing to reverse; earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper; very occasional minor fox spot. Very good condition. "Nine journeys in the South African countryside are described and illustrated in this book of travel. Four of them are taken in the western, southern and eastern Cape Province, while the rest pass through the Orange Free State, the Transvaal, Natal and a small section of Mozambique Territory. An attempt is made throughout, to acquaint the reader with surface form and underlying rock structure and composition. The history of river sculpture is given close attention and the evolution of coastlines is often referred to in attempting to unravel the surface history of the Union of South Africa. In addition to 67 explanatory text figures, 122 full-plate scenic photographs serve to illustrate the text." .