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LOT OF 11 BOOKS by William Charles Scully
1. The Ridge of the White Waters (“Witwatersrand”), c. 1911, copy of Stephen Gray
2. Daniel Vananda: The Life Story of a Human Being, 1923, copy of Stephen Gray
3. Poems, 1892, copy of Stephen Gray
4. Lodges in the Wilderness, 1914, copy of Stephen Gray
5. The White Hecatomb and other Stories, 1897, copy of Stephen Gray
6. Between Sun and Sand: A Tale of an African Desert, c. 1898, copy of Stephen Gray
7. A Vendetta of the Desert, 1898, copy of Stephen Gray
8. Voices of Africa, 1943, introduction by Jan Smuts, copy of Stephen Gray
9. By Veldt and Kopje, 1907
10. The Harrow: A Novel (South Africa, 1900-1902), 1921
11. A History of South Africa: From the Earliest Days to Union, 1915
A lot of 11 books by W. S. Scully, of which 9 belonged to the late South African poet, novelist and academic Stephan Grey.
William Charles Scully (29 October 1855 – 25 August 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. Scully was born in Dublin, Ireland, raised in Cashel, County Tipperary, and then emigrated to southern Africa with his parents in 1867. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei.
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