First American edition of ELISSA, which contains two stories

1. ELISSA: THE DOOM OF ZIMBABWE
   Longmans published ELISSA, together with BLACK HEART AND WHITE HEART, in New York on June 15, 1900. This American edition has 8 illustrations by F.H. Townsend for ELISSA.
   
   
2. BLACK HEART AND WHITE HEART: A ZULU IDYLL
   Charles Kerr provided 5 illustrations for this ZULU IDYLL.

All of the illustrations in this book have been hand-colored. Some are quite striking.

The photos are very helpful in depicting the exact book you are going to buy and I only use actual photos. I can send you more if need be, so please email me

I took numerous photos of this book so you can see exactly what you are buying.

---

---

boer, boers, adventure, novel, epic, romance, fiction, story, tale, tales, hunter, big game, action, exciting, excitement, fun, thriller, best-seller, best seller, zulu, sotho, swaziland, kimberley, johannesburg, pretoria, south africa, xhosa, matabele, tribe, warfare, fantasy, stories, novels, gold mining, diamond mining, Afrikaans, Afkrikaner, Afrikander, Dutch, elephant, antelope, buck, hunting, hunt, matabele, rhodesia, cecil rhodes, diamonds, gold, war, impi, shield, assegai, xhosa, lion, elephant, big game, buffalo, eland, koodoo, kudu, leopard, biltong, mealies, kraal, sotho, sesotho, twsana, setswana, inkosi, nkose, rider haggard, bertram mitford, wilbur smith, antiquarian,