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The Boer War
by Thomas Pakenham
The war declared by the Boers of South Africa on October 11, 1899, gave the British, as Kipling said, 'No end of a lesson.' The public expected it to be over by Christmas. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and most humiliating war that Great Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.
Boer Wars
by Ian Knight
Ian Knight was born in 1956. He was a freelance writer on military history for ten years before studying Afro-Caribbean History at the University of Kent. He has written widely on Zulu history and travelled extensively in Zululand. Ian was the editor of the Victorian Military Society journal for many years, and has written several books for Osprey.
The Great Boer War
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
From the book:Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and...
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Scapegoats Of the Empirethe True Story Of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers
by Lieut George Witton
Letters From the Veldt an Account Of the Involvement Of Vounteers From Queensland At the War In South Africa
by Len Harvey
The Boer War the Letters, Diaries and Photographs Of Malcolm Riall From the War In South Africa 1899-1902
by Nicholas Riall
Ohms Record Of the Voyage Of S S Tintagel Castle 1200 Soldiers From Southampton To Cape Town March 1900
by W and Shackleton, E H McLean
Boer War Books & Ephemera
Colenso 1899
by Knight, Ian
Ian Knight was born in 1956. He was a freelance writer on military history for ten years before studying Afro-Caribbean History at the University of Kent. He has written widely on Zulu history and travelled extensively in Zululand. Ian was the editor of the Victorian Military Society journal for many years, and has written several books for Osprey.
Christiaan De Wet - Annale 1
by Van Schoor, M. C. E
Pages yellowing. Illustrated with sketches, maps and black and white photos. Written in High Dutch. Introduction in Afrikaans. The diary dates to 1900.
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SGD 43.26
The Boer War
by Pakenham, Thomas
Random House, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($20.00 price intact). Published by Random House, 1979. Octavo. Maroon cloth boards stamped in gold with photographic endpapers. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear, nicks, and small scrapes on front. Book placed in custom acetate protector. 718 pages. ISBN: 0394427424....
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SGD 41.36
Mafeking A Victorian Legend
by Gardner, Brian
British: Sphere, 1968. Solid with a crease on the spine and the covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.
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SGD 11.03
The Boer War
by Pakenham, Thomas
London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1979. Hardcover. Good.
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SGD 24.38
Trekking On
by REITZ, Deneys (1882—1944)
London: Faber and Faber, 1936. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Fifth impression, octavo, pp. 351. Five folding maps. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in dustwrapper. Some occasional light spotting, some spotting to the edges. Slight wear and marking to the cloth with some bubbling to the rear of the lower board. Dustwrapper is price clipped, some small closed tears, nicking, and creasing along the top and bottom edges. Spine slightly age toned, some marking to the panels. Boldly inscribed to "O. Schreiner...
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SGD 855.76
A cabinet card portrait photograph of an unknown Australian officer in South Africa
by [Boer War]
A vintage high-gloss gelatin silver photograph (image size 139 × 94 mm), on the original printed card of 'P.B. Rice, Photographer, Cradock, Cape Colony'; the print is in excellent condition, albeit light on contrast. Inscribed on the verso 'To dear Mother, with the Original's love'.
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SGD 71.98
Commando ( A boer Journal of the Boer War)
by Reitz, Deneys
Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Reprint 1950. Inscription written by previous ownership. The jacket is rubbed, marked and edge worn with a chip on the top and bottom of the spine. The boards are shelf worn. Internally there is light foxing on the early pages, but the remaining pages are neat and clean with clear text. Secure binding. r* 25/01/2021. ak.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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SGD 33.09
Commando: A Boer Journal Of The Boer War
by Deneys Reitz
Faber, 1932. Hardcover. Good. 1932. 328 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.
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SGD 18.15
The Boer War
by Holt, Edgar
Putnam, 1958. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. boards are edge worn and knocked. foxing and marks. book is a bit damp and wavy on boards. ownership inscription. sound binding. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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SGD 11.03
The Times History of THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
by Amery, L S. (Ed)
The covers are only Fair : spine is totally discoloured and chipped at head & tail; covers spotted. (Contrary to my usual practice, this vol will not be restored on the supposition that it will be rebound by the buyer. On request, restoration will be quoted as an extra.) There is some foxing limited mostly to the prelims, the first 35 pages and the last 7 sheets, but occasionally thru' the rest of the book, which appears unread. Top edge gilt, otherwise edges rough cut. Fold map, in fine condition in...
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SGD 59.98
Notes of a War Correspondent
by Richard Harding Davis
A volume of first-hand history from war correspondent Richard Harding Davis, covering the Cuban-Spanish, Greek-Turkish, Spanish-American, Russo-Japanese, and Boer Wars. It includes his account of the San Juan Hill engagement. Illustrated with many photos, including photo frontispiece. Covers very good except for spine, which has some damage at bottom and top. Random-cut pages. Binding is tight and pages are clean.
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SGD 45.50SGD 34.12
THE GREAT BOER WAR
by FARWELL, BYRON
The book has 4 creases down the spine but no signs of having been read. 16pp b&w photog plates, map of S A; other maps of the battles and photos in the text. Unfortunately no list. The virtue of this edition lies in the sources quoted. Heavy book so please expect some extra postage. The executions of Boer "War Criminals" makes one ashamed of a British heritage.
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SGD 13.09
The Times History of THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
by Amery, L S. (Ed), Basil Williams (Ed)
The covers only are Fair due to water damage on spine. (This vol needs to be restored, which will be done only upon sale so there will be some slight delay.) There is some light staining and foxing limited mostly to the prelims. Nowhere has the text been affected in any way. The rest of the book appears unread and would rate as Good +. Top edge gilt, otherwise edges rough cut. 2 folded maps, in fine condition in pockets; 17 folding maps in green and red, 17 b&w photog plates with tissue guards =...
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SGD 67.25
The Boer War
by Pakenham, Thomas
Weidenfeld and Nicolson,. Hardback. First edition thus. 659pp. Indexed. Five small selections of black and white plates. 4 contemporary cartoons. 9 maps. Very clean and neat. Very good copy in like dust jacket . Hardback. 1997.
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SGD 25.93
The Boer War
by Holt, Edgar (1900-1975)
London : Putnam , 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes bookplate for Antony Charles Thomas. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 317 p. : illus., ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Maps on lining paper. Subject; South African War, 1899-1902.
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SGD 34.74
Goodbye Dolly Gray (The history of the boer war)
by Kruger, Rayne
The New English Library Ltd., 1967. Softcover. Good. Prijsstempeltje op schutblad.. Leesvouwen in rug. Rug gesleten. Vlekje zijkant boekblok.
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SGD 14.78
The Boer War
by Pakenham, Thomas
Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2004. Second impression, 2004 (first published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1979). Hardback. 660pp. Dust jacket. Thomas Pkenham has written the first full-scale documentary of the war to be attempted since 1910. His narrative is based on first-hand and often unpublished sources. This is a narrative as vivid and fast-moving as a novel. The war declared by the Boers on 11th October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, 'no end of a...
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SGD 17.29
Absent Minded Beggars: Yeomanry and Volunteers in the Boer War
by Bennett, William
Barnsley : Leo Cooper, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
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SGD 32.51
Jan Christian Smuts
by J. C. Smuts
Cassell & Company Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. First Edition. 568 pages. Plain dust jacket over black cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of...
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SGD 18.14
