Huggins of Rhodesia: The Man and His Country (First Edition) by L. H. Gann, M. Gelfand

Huggins of Rhodesia: The Man and His Country is by the historian L. H. Gann and the physician and medical historian Michael Gelfand. It was first published in 1964 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, and printed in Great Britain by Unwin Brothers of Woking. This is a first edition, bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in its original dust jacket.

Huggins, later Viscount Malvern, served as a Prime Minister in the Commonwealth for longer than almost any other statesman, and his story is central to the history of Rhodesia and of central Africa in the twentieth century. Written while he was still alive, Huggins of Rhodesia remains one of the main biographies of him.

Condition – Good – Huggins of Rhodesia

A good copy of the first edition. The green cloth boards are clean and firm, with the gilt spine lettering still bright. The original dust jacket is present but worn, with chips and small losses at the spine ends and along the edges, rubbing, and a faded patch on the spine. The page edges show heavy foxing and some brown spotting, and there is light spotting near the gutters of the endpapers. A gift inscription dated 1965 appears on the front free endpaper, with an old stamped price code on the facing page. The text block is otherwise clean and tight.