. "MOME" The Off-Wheeler Ballads and Other Verses
Book Description: London: John Ouseley Ltd. 1910. First Edition. A fine copy in the original blue cloth gilt, uncut and unopened. A volume of Kiplingesque verse, dedicated to the Officers and men of the Zululand Field Force 1906. $50


Johnstone, George Murray: The off-wheeler: ballads and other verses ~ by "Mome" (London, John Ouseley, no date, preface dated 1910) Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered, a little rubbed, pp. 90 + (1)SABIB, Vol. II, page 698. Preliminary pages and text edges a little foxed. Kiplingesque verse, including one entitled, 'Mome Gorge,' the name of the place where, in the 1906 Zulu Resistence, the chief Bambata, was killed. Several South African verses, including some evidently inspired by active service, possibly in the Boer War. Scarce. GBP20

South Africa

"to the officers and me of the zululand field force, and to one other, is this small volumes humblely dedicated.

Mome Benoni Transvaal"


South African ballads, many published in the Sunday Times of Johannesburg.

George Murray JOHNSTONE {ZA?} (M: 1882 - ?)
(ps: MOME)
The Off-Wheeler [p|1911]
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> Johnstone, George Murray: The off-wheeler: ballads and other verses ~ by
> "Mome" (London, John Ouseley, no date, preface dated 1910) Original blue
> cloth, gilt-lettered, a little rubbed, pp. 90 + (1)SABIB, Vol. II, page 698.
> Preliminary pages and text edges a little foxed. Kiplingesque verse,
> including one entitled, 'Mome Gorge,' the name of the place where, in the
> 1906 Zulu Resistence, the chief Bambata, was killed. Several South African
> verses, including some evidently inspired by active service, possibly in the
> Boer War. Scarce. GBP20