1982, ISBN: 9780620060325

Gebundene Ausgabe

London: Hart-Davis,MacGibbon Ltd, 1977 blue cloth, gilt spine, 190 pages, illustrated, double-page illustrated title, illuatrated thoughout, one pp bibliography, index, a bright,clean cop… Mehr…

London: Hart-Davis,MacGibbon Ltd, 1977 blue cloth, gilt spine, 190 pages, illustrated, double-page illustrated title, illuatrated thoughout, one pp bibliography, index, a bright,clean copy in a bright, bright d.j. which is NOT price-clipped, Size: 8 Vo., Hart-Davis,MacGibbon Ltd, 1977, 3, London: John Murray, 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall. This is a Good - Copy of this book in Publisher's original green cloth with gilt title lettering to the spine.The binding has weakness to the front and rear gutter hinges with stitching showing through at joins and with the front boardd partially coming away from the spine.There sre several nicks and tears to the cloth along edges of the spine with some previous annotations in red pen to the rear pastedown board of the book and to the margins of certain paragraphs within the book.Complete with 8 large folding maps and 2 plates one of which requires re tipping back into the book.Uncommon title 8vo (ix) 280pp First Edition.The Second Boer War was the first time that Australia and New Zealand troops had fought abroad. Sixty-two percent of the first contingent were New Zealand-born. They were known as the New Zealand mounted rifles and they wore a fern leaf symbol. There was no difficulty in finding volunteers-200 troops set off 10 days after war was declared. Eventually 6495 men and 800 horses were sent (a higher proportion per head of population than Australia or Canada). About 8000 Canadians fought in South Africa, about one-third came from the militia and the rest were paid by government officals.The British victory in the Second Boer War was secured through the use of "scorched earth" tactics, including the use of concentration camps and forced Labour. 8vo - over 6¾" - 9¾" Tall, John Murray, 1904, 2.5, (Durban: T. W. Griggs & Co., 1982) 0 620 06032 8. Facsimile reprint of the 1900 first edition by Longmans, Green, and Co. 8vo; pictorial khaki cloth, blocked in black and red; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + 498; folding map tipped in on each free endpaper; various maps and plans. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel, and a little rubbed and edgeworn; some soiling to fore-edge; previous owner's name penned, with date, on front free endpaper. Good condition. "A correspondent's experiences in South Africa during the first five months of war described in a series of letters addressed to the Morning Post newspaper from Oct. 1899 to March 1900. The author recounts his capture near Estcourt, his period of imprisonment at Pretoria and subsequent escape to Delagoa Bay. Thereafter the correspondence concerns the campaign in Natal and operations for the relief of Ladysmith." - Hackett, South African War Books: An illustrated bibliography, p. 2 (concerning the 1st edition) ., (Durban: T. W. Griggs & Co., 1982) 0 620 06032 8, 0<

1982, ISBN: 9780620060325

Gebundene Ausgabe

London: John Murray, 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall. This is a Good - Copy of this book in Publisher's original … Mehr…

London: John Murray, 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall. This is a Good - Copy of this book in Publisher's original green cloth with gilt title lettering to the spine.The binding has weakness to the front and rear gutter hinges with stitching showing through at joins and with the front boardd partially coming away from the spine.There sre several nicks and tears to the cloth along edges of the spine with some previous annotations in red pen to the rear pastedown board of the book and to the margins of certain paragraphs within the book.Complete with 8 large folding maps and 2 plates one of which requires re tipping back into the book.Uncommon title 8vo (ix) 280pp First Edition.The Second Boer War was the first time that Australia and New Zealand troops had fought abroad. Sixty-two percent of the first contingent were New Zealand-born. They were known as the New Zealand mounted rifles and they wore a fern leaf symbol. There was no difficulty in finding volunteers-200 troops set off 10 days after war was declared. Eventually 6495 men and 800 horses were sent (a higher proportion per head of population than Australia or Canada). About 8000 Canadians fought in South Africa, about one-third came from the militia and the rest were paid by government officals.The British victory in the Second Boer War was secured through the use of "scorched earth" tactics, including the use of concentration camps and forced Labour. 8vo - over 6¾" - 9¾" Tall, John Murray, 1904, 2.5, (Durban: T. W. Griggs & Co., 1982) 0 620 06032 8. Facsimile reprint of the 1900 first edition by Longmans, Green, and Co. 8vo; pictorial khaki cloth, blocked in black and red; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + 498; folding map tipped in on each free endpaper; various maps and plans. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel, and a little rubbed and edgeworn; some soiling to fore-edge; previous owner's name penned, with date, on front free endpaper. Good condition. "A correspondent's experiences in South Africa during the first five months of war described in a series of letters addressed to the Morning Post newspaper from Oct. 1899 to March 1900. The author recounts his capture near Estcourt, his period of imprisonment at Pretoria and subsequent escape to Delagoa Bay. Thereafter the correspondence concerns the campaign in Natal and operations for the relief of Ladysmith." - Hackett, South African War Books: An illustrated bibliography, p. 2 (concerning the 1st edition) ., (Durban: T. W. Griggs & Co., 1982) 0 620 06032 8, 0<