The first London edition is pictured below in blue cloth.
The copy bound in red cloth is the first American edition.
Both copies have the date-code 7/89 (July 1889) on the last page.
A nice copy of the British first edition, which I do not own.
I own this exceedingly rare American first edition.
Below, my copy of the first London edition
Last page date-coded 7/89 (July 1889)
Frontispiece
Title-page of the London first edition
A variant binding of the first edition, likely later copies of the print-run that did not initially sell (not my copy)
This novel was published circa 1900 under a new title: EARLY DAYS AMONG THE BOERS. This was done to capitalize on the public's renewed interest in South Africa due to the Boer War that broke out in 1899.