[Printed pamphlet.] Pioneer Days in South Africa. An absorbing record of the Zulu War and the Diamond Fields, and of expeditions and incidents now written in the history of the 19th Century. [Front cover: The Fannin Papers.]

[1] + 53pp., 4to. Three full-page illustrations. Stapled pamphlet. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with slight rust to staples. Title on cover reads: 'The Fannin Papers. A Pioneer's Story of the Diamond Fields and the Zulu War. A stirring tale of Zulu War days on the Natal Border. Hardships of fortune hunting in the early years of the Diamond Fields.' R. Kingston Russell's foreword, dated 18 May 1932, reads: 'The intimate family papers from which the following pages have been compiled are, so to speak, a window of history from which the curtains of the years have been drawn aside for us by the sympathetic hand of a daughter of the household. [...] As a journal whose own roots are embedded in the early history of Natal, "The Natal Mercury" counts it a good fortune to have been able to print these extracts from the voluminous letters of John Eusace Fannin, treasured for so many years by his wife and now edited b his granddaughter, a valued member of the "Mercury" editorial staff.' Eight copies on COPAC and OCLC WorldCat, of which five in South Africa, one in England and two in America.