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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE JAMESON RAID. As Related to Alleyne Ireland.
by Hammond, John Hays
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- Hardcover
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Boston, MA: Marshall Jones Company, 1918., 1918.. Good. - Octavo, blue boards with printed labels on the front cover & spine. There are some small dents to the rear cover with corresponding dents to the rear panel of the dust jacket. The jacket is foxed & chipped with some light staining. Its spine is darkened with the head torn & the tail chipped. viii & 50 pages. There is light dampstaining to the front edges of the rear blanks & last 4 text pages with very light staining to the top corners from pages 5-42. There is light offsetting from the dust jacket to the endpapers. Good.
First edition.
The Jameson Raid was a botched raid against the South African Republic carried out by British colonial statesman Leander Starr Jameson and his Company troops and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 189596. It is stated on the dust wrapper:" This volume contains the first complete American account of an event which plunged the whole civilized world into a state of intense excitement."
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37397
- Title
- THE TRUTH ABOUT THE JAMESON RAID. As Related to Alleyne Ireland.
- Author
- Hammond, John Hays
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Marshall Jones Company, 1918.
- Date Published
- 1918.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY; SOUTH AFRICA; jOHN HAYS HAMMOND; THE TRUTH ABOUT THE JAMESON RAID. AS RELATED TO ALLEYNE IRELAND; LEANDER STARR JAMEWSON; BECHUANALAND POLICEMEN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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