St. Helena: The Historic Island..
Bound in original black cloth, gilt with gilt roundel of island's seal on front board. Extremities a little worn but otherwise a very good copy. 1920 inscription from the island on front pastedown.
£100.00
Publisher
Ward, Lock and Co., Limited.,
Place
London
Date
[1903].
Synopsis
Illustrated from photographs.
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 6 x 8.75 inches. 343 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 48 plates, 47 black and white photographs with portrait frontispiece and map of island.
Notes
A detailed historical and geographical account of St. Helena, then of topical interest because of the South African War prisoners sent there, by Emily L. Jackson. Chapters include jottings from St. Helena records, including the captivity of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815-21, the Navy's antislavery patrols of the nineteenth and the island of Tristan Da Cunha. At the end is a statistical section with a detailed list of the Island's civil and military establishments, including the governors and the officers of the warships of the Naval Squadron on patrol in the nearby waters during the South African War. The book concludes with an alphabetical list of the plants of St. Helena.
[Stock No. 23074]
