Dr. Jameson's Raiders vs. Johannesburg Reformers

New York: Robert H. Russell, 1897. First edition. 8vo. 56 pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits, maps. Cover sub-title: "Being an account of the recent uprising in the Transvaal; the grievances of the Uitlanders which led to their revolution against the Boers, and the causes and failure of the Jamieson raid; together with illustrations, maps, and sundry facts here collected and put down for the first time." BAL 4523. Quite scarce on the market, with no copy appearing at auction since 1977 (that copy sold for $150). Very good. Original printed wrappers (spine darkened, some wear and erosion along the spine, other minor edgewear), housed in a custom brown half-sheep and cloth clam-shell box (front board detached). (#3788).