Jim's Journal (The Graham's Town Series) by James Butler ISBN 13: 9781868142620

(Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, for Rhodes University, 1996) 1868142620. Graham's Town Series, number 14. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with publisher's device in gilt to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 330, incl. index; maps; contemporary illustrations. Trace of spotting to edges. Near-fine condition. "James Butler - grandfather of the poet and professor Guy Butler - arrived in the Eastern Cape in 1876 as a sickly twenty-two-year old Londoner recuperating from a serious illness. He stayed for two and a half years, during a time of impending frontier war. In a journal he kept for his family back home, 'Jim' Butler, Quaker, teetotaller and later newspaper editor, recorded in down-to-earth fashion the daily life, politics, natural history and social encounters of this far-off corner of the colonies. 'Jim's Journal' has been re-edited and voluminously annotated for publication by Jane Garner." .

Graham's Town Series No.14. Witwatersrand University Press for Rhodes University. Grahamstown 1996.. A Mint copy in dustwrapper.. Black cloth boards. 330pp illustrated b/w photos maps. 8vo. 0.6kg. James Butler arrived in the Eastern Cape as a twenty-two-year old youth from London to recuperate from a serious illness. He stayed for two and a half years keeping a journal for his family back home. Quaker, teetotaller and later newspaper editor, he recorded in plain fashion the daily life, politics, natural history and social encounters in this remote colonial corner.

Graham's Town Series No.14. Witwatersrand University Press for Rhodes University. Grahamstown 1996.. A Fine unread copy in matching dustwrapper.. Black cloth boards. 330pp illustrated b/w photos maps. James Butler arrived in the Eastern Cape as a twenty-two-year old youth from London to recuperate from a serious illness. He stayed for two and a half years keeping a journal for his family back home. Quaker, teetotaller and later newspaper editor, he recorded in plain fashion the daily life, politics, natural history and social encounters in this remote colonial corner.