WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE DARK CONTINENT From Savagery to Civilization. The Strange Story of a Weird World from the Earliest Ages to the Present, Including the War with the Boers. Embracing the Explorations adn Settlements, Wars and Conquests, Peoples and Governments, Resources and Produces, of this the Least Know, Yet by Nature Endowed as the Richest and Most Wonderful of Continents, and a Detailed History of The Causes and Events of the British-Boer War
(Chicago: R.L. Barber, 1899).
FIRST EDITION. A good history and survey of South Africa up to and including the Boer War. At the time, Harding had already spent a quarter century as a well-placed journalist, He was a correspondent for the New York Herald, the New York Times, New York World and the Associated Press. He traveled widely for his writing and study. Item #34804
First Edition. Illustrated throughout with half-tones and photographs taken expressly for this volume and a folding coloured map. Large 8vo, publisher's original red cloth lettered and ruled in yellow, patterned endleaves. 554 pp. A very good and pleasing copy, well preserved, the text-block mellowed as is usual with the paper used in printing.