Story of a Frontier Family – Beal Preston, Wendy

The story of a well-known and highly respected South African family, the desendants of Robert and Ann Miles, 1820 Settlers. The author covers the period of the settler’s early struggles, through four frontier wars to a time of peace, when sport came to be of more consequence than problems of defence. Based on documented facts and illustrated with pictures, sketches and maps. After the settler period it touches the lives of farming families on ‘the Border’, stretching from Dordrecht and Queenstown to Cathcart, King William’s Town and Komga. Illustrated end papers. Light foxing to the front and rear prelims. Foxing to all edges. 326 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Fair+ Edge-wear. Plastic laminating is lifting off. Long crease on the front fly-leaf. Some foxing on the verso. Binding: Hardcover. Black boards with gilt lettering. Good condition.

Date Published: 1983
Publication Place: Cathcart
First Edition: Yes

Condition: Good+.
Binding: Hardcover. Mild edge-wear. Black boards with gilt lettering.

Jacket Condition: Fair. Edge-wear to all extremities. Some creasing. Tidemarks and some light foxing. Scratches and small abrasions to the jacket. 1cm closed tear to the front fold.