{"product_id":"eeight-months-in-an-ox-wagon-sandeman-africana-reprint","title":"Eight Months in an Ox-Wagon – E.F. Sandeman","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight Months in an Ox-Wagon – E.F. Sandeman (Copy A – Gilt Fine Binding Copy)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeluxe Victorian Facsimile Edition Heavily Decorated with Stamped Motifs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Eight Months in an Ox-Wagon: Reminiscences of Boer Life (Africana Reprint Library, Vol. 1)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e E.F. Sandeman\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Africana Book Society, Johannesburg\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e 1975 (Facsimile of the ultra-rare 1880 London original)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e 0949973076\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Deluxe Facsimile Edition, Volume 1 of the prestigious Africana Reprint Library.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Deluxe publisher's emerald green cloth boards, heavily embellished with elaborate Victorian-style stamped gilt motifs and lettering.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Octavo (8vo). Beautifully enhanced with a pristine, detailed frontispiece illustration depicting Heidelberg, Transvaal in 1879, alongside full-page period plates.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003chr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"circle\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExterior:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e The deluxe emerald green cloth boards are completely flat, bright, and immaculate. The extensive, highly detailed Victorian decorative gilt motifs remain brilliantly bright, sharp, and entirely untarnished. The front cover features a striking, ornate gilt vignette of an ox-wagon framed by geometric floral filigree. The spine is thick, square, and uncreased with flawless gilded lettering.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eInterior:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e The internal text block is structurally immaculate, crisp, and pristine. The pages are bright white and completely free from foxing. The delicate frontispiece plate of Heidelberg is perfectly preserved in its original state.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Dust Jacket: Good (G)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"circle\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e In complete, unclipped condition. Displays standard shelf rubbing and expected edge wear along the upper and lower margins, with no major paper loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePreservation:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Now professionally fitted with a high-quality protective plastic sleeve to ensure long-term shelf conservation, dramatically elevating its display value.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003chr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eOriginally published in London in 1880, \u003ci\u003eEight Months in an Ox-Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most vivid, engaging, and historically critical travelogues of late 19th-century South Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eE.F. Sandeman, an observant English traveler, journeyed through the Transvaal and Natal just prior to the First Anglo-Boer War (1880–1881). His sweeping reminiscences offer a rare, deeply personal window into the daily realities of Boer life, hunter-gatherer dynamics, transport riding, and the rugged logistics of ox-wagon travel. This 1975 Africana Book Society deluxe reprint beautifully revives an otherwise unobtainable text, making it a must-have cornerstone for collectors of pioneer narratives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003chr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Profile: E.F. Sandeman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEdward Fraser Sandeman was an adventurous English sportsman, explorer, and writer who visited the South African interior during the twilight of the independent Boer republics. Possessing a remarkably non-partisan eye and a sharp wit, Sandeman avoided the standard colonial biases of his British contemporaries. His detailed accounts of hunting expeditions, local hospitality, and political rumblings in Pretoria provide modern historians with an irreplaceable look at pre-war Transvaal society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Africana Book Society, Johannesburg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58204913369391,"sku":"Eight Months in an Ox-Wagon – E.F. 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