Hugh Marshall Hole — Old Rhodesian Days

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A very smart uncommon first edition of this travelogue and history of Rhodesia. The uncommon first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A collection of accounts, both travel and history, of the early settlement of Rhodesia.Written by Hugh Marshall Hole, an English pioneer, administrator and author, best known for issuing the "Marshall Hole currency" in Bulawayo in 1900. These were small cards circulated as emergency currency during a shortage of small change and coinage in Rhodesia. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-three monochrome plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting throughout. Small contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .