Doctor to Basuto, Boer and Briton, 1877-1906

Author - Henry Taylor
Publisher - Don Nelson; 1972, First edition
A good hardback book in a fair dustjacket.
Original red covered boards.
Binding is tight and strong.
ExLibris plate to front pastedown and a lengthy but neat gift inscription to the front end paper.
Dustjacket is not clipped but showing wear at the head and tail of the spine; now in loose protective plastic overwrap.
Pages xv + 213 including index and with fifteen monochrome illustrations.
Dr. Taylor's biography spans his term as a medical officer in the Leribe district from 1877 to 1883, and his life in private practice in Ficksburg in the Orange Free State in South Africa until 1906.
He worked for both sides during the Anglo-Boer War as Ficksburg changed hands many times.