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(Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1983) 0949956201. 8vo; original pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xiii + (i) + 229, incl. index; plates. Top fore-corners slightly bumped; pages somewhat browned; scattered foxing. Good to very good condition. "Scotty Smith, bandit, highwayman, cattle thief, I.D.B., and certainly one of the most enigmatic characters ever known in Southern Africa. Part rogue, part hero; half a villain, the other half all Good Samaritan; nobody could ever quite make up their minds whether to love or hate him. Innumerable tales have been spun around this curious man. Now F. C. Metrowich has produced the first definitive biography of Scotty Smith, and the details of the bandit's life provide reading at once astonishing and entertaining. Along with Dick Turpin, Robin Hood and Rob Roy of Britain, Ned Kelly of Autralia, Billy the Kid of American and the celebrated Till Eulenspiegel of Germany, Scotty Smith of South Africa joins the select ranks…
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- Title Scotty Smith
- Author Metrowich, Frederick C
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 3rd Edition
- Publisher Books of Africa, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
- Date 1983
- ISBN 9780949956200
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Books Of Africa, 1983. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. 3rd edition. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. Internally, there is a previous owners inscription on the half title pages. Tanning along the edges. Otherwise clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*08/05/2023. [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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(Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1983) 0949956201. 8vo; original pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xiii + (i) + 229, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel; earlier owner's name signed on title page; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Scotty Smith, bandit, highwayman, cattle thief, I.D.B., and certainly one of the most enigmatic characters ever known in Southern Africa. Part rogue, part hero; half a villain, the other half all Good Samaritan; nobody could ever quite make up their minds whether to love or hate him. Innumerable tales have been spun around this curious man. Now F. C. Metrowich has produced the first definitive biography of Scotty Smith, and the details of the bandit's life provide reading at once astonishing and entertaining. Along with Dick Turpin, Robin Hood and Rob Roy of Britain, Ned Kelly of Autralia, Billy the Kid of American and the celebrated Till Eulenspiegel of Germany, Scotty Smith of South Africa joins…
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