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By: N/A
Price: $380.00
Publisher: Private:
Seller ID: 15lt
Condition: Near Fine
237 pages (complete). Note: text on facing pages only. A very smart book. Photocopied pages privately bound by the previous owner (the late T E Sole). Half-leather. The boards are very attractive and elegant. Stamped gilt titling. The leathered corners and spine are handsome and healthy. The boards are agreeably hale and sure. The contents are clean, clear, most carefully owned, tight, certain, conscientious. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $237.50
Publisher: Private: 1972
Edition: New Edition
Seller ID: 17lt
Condition: Near Fine
Complete. A most pleasing copy. Bound by a previous owner (Terry Sole - a much respected medal expert - whose name is stamped on the front cover). Half leather. Pressed-gilt tilting. The boards are handsome, very sound. The contents are very healthy and gratifying. They are clean, clear, conscientious, dutiful, most carefully owned - as if barely handled throughout! fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $38.00
Publisher: Van Holkema & Warendorf: 1900
Seller ID: 65nf
Condition: Good
Complete. Rebound by a previous owner: marbled boards, cloth corners and spine. Newer end papers. The boards have wear about the edges, some mild scuffing. The corners and spine also have wear from shelving. The boards etc are stable, sturdy. The contents are mild-mannered and healthy. They are clean, clear, confident, certain, companionable, convivial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $61.75
Publisher: W J P Monckton, London: 1899
Seller ID: 92ok
Condition: Very Good
Three volumes (as marked on) in two bound books. The first volume starts with 'The Transvaal Special': this is from the first issue of "Black and White Budget" (Vol 1, 1899) to the final special (dated: Saturday, January 6, 1900: Vol II - No. 13). The rest of the book contains Vol II: No 14 - Vol III: No. 26 (January 1900 to April 7 1900). The second binder contains Vol III - Nos 26-51 - April 7th, 1900-September 29th, 1900. The weekly magazine embraced the Anglo-Boer war and is liberally illustrated with many unique photographs. The front boards of both are blind stamped with gi... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $22.80
Publisher: Black and White Publishing: 1899
Seller ID: 10pi
Condition: Very Good
Bound issues for Vol 1 number 1 through to Volume III number 26 (complete). Magazine that specialised in its war reporting and coverage. In these issues they, of course are of the Anglo-Boer war. Crammed with the most extraordinary photographs, illustrations, cartoons and reportage. The boards have half-leather. The leathered corners and seams and spine have wear, scuffing. The boards are also scuffed, marked by handling and storage, worn. They are steady and sure. Aside from tanning to the end pages (plus a previous owner signature), the contents are most pleasing. They are tight, fr... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $190.00
Publisher: 1901
Seller ID: 70rc
Condition: Good
An amateur A4 watercolour sketch of a British officer on horseback. Captioned in pencil: "Headqmaster Staff Officer - Active Service suit S Africa 1900" Signed: MB/01. The rear has pencilled: "S Africa 1901 Staff Officer". The edges have some wear, tanning. Whilst the officer is somewhat naif, the horse was drawn and painted with keen knowledge, association and skill. The colours of the painting are fresh, light, careful, clear. It's spirit is keen, visceral, eager. An amiable, evocative piece of Anglo-Boer War memorabilia. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked cour... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $142.50
Publisher: Dennis Edwards & Co., Cape Town: 1900
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 38rd
Condition: Very Good
216 pages (complete - including a summary of the war). A mild-mannered copy. Stamped gilt titling and borders, stamped black decoration. The boards have shelving and handling wear and scuffing. However, they are steady, sound and sure. The last pages have various repairs with scotch tape. The contents have evidence of avid use throughout. The end papers have storage marks. Some pages - particularly the earlier ones - have handling and storage marks and wear about the rims. The title page has wear and creases, it is intact. However, the contents are clean, clear, sound, detailed, conf... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $71.25
Publisher: George Newnes, London: 1900
Seller ID: 88rh
Condition: Good
Complete issues. Exuberantly illustrated. Recently rebound in full leather. The boards have a clear plastic protective cover. The leather boards are smart, handsome. The back board has some small storage marks. Gilt titling on the spine. The boards are steady and healthy. Fresh end papers. The contents are heavily foxed throughout. They have evidence of contented, avid use throughout with some handling marks and wear. Despite the aging the contents are even yet clear, alert, very confident, very certain and tight against the binding, generous, engaging, more than competent, most ass... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $76.00
Publisher: Cosmos, Cape Town: 1903?
Seller ID: 42rq
Condition: Good
12 pages text and 24 illustrations (complete). In English and Afrikaans. No publication date, but as De Wet's 'Three Years War' is quoted 1903 seems to be a reasonable presumption. A casually stored and owned copy. Please note that back cover is missing. The front cover has wear, creasing, marks. The spine has been repaired, in past years, with paper tape (outside and in). The spine is otherwise firm and sure. The cover is secure. The contents have evidence of ownership and contented use throughout. There are storage marks (top corners), rubbing, handling marks to the contents. The e... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $427.50
Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office, London: 1903
Seller ID: 14ri
Condition: Good
3 volumes (complete). A much owned, worn set. Blue thick card boards and cloth spines. These are much worn, stained, marked all about from handling, use and storage. Previous owner signatures (JHR de Smidt, the son of the former Surveyor-General of the Cape of Good Hope). The boards, despite their wear and general grubbiness, are secure and sure and comfortable and efficient. The contents are eagerly and avidly annotated, evidently with considerable interest. They are also foxed, tanned fore and aft, worn from use. However, they are still tight, overwhelmingly clean and clear, sound, o... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $522.50
Publisher: Dennis Edwards & Co., Cape Town: 1902
Seller ID: 22rw
Condition: Good
260 pages plus 24 pages of appendices (complete). A sturdy copy. Blood-red boards, gilt titling and decoration. The boards have wear about the edges, corners, seams from use, shelving. There is scuffing, there are marks from handling and stacking. The boards are steady, sound, hale. The contents are convivial. They have handling, use marks throughout. There is light handling wear about the edges, occasional user creasing. By and large the pages are certain, conscientious, dutiful, proud, clean and clear, still keen, still pleasing, companionable, utterly engaging. fk. Our orders ar... View more info
By: Abbott, J H M
Price: $66.50
Publisher: Methuen & Co., London: 1903
Seller ID: 5se
Condition: Very Good
306 pages (complete). A mild-mannered copy. Recently rebound in full leather. New end papers. The contents are agreeably comfortable. The pagetrims are rough. The pages are occasionally marked from age. Overwhelmingly, the pages are thick, clean and clear, healthy, sound, sure, contented, convivial, generous-of-spirit. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: Badenhorst, Alie; Rothmann, M E (trans)
Price: $95.00
Publisher: Nasionale Pers Beperk: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 88qh
Condition: Near Fine
376 pages (complete). In Afrikaans (translated from the Dutch) throughout. The boards have just the mildest wear about the edges and corners from shelving. The spine has surface wear along the length. The spine and boards are healthy and sound. The contents are most pleasing. They are bright, fresh, amenable, tidy, neat, clean, clear - as if almost new!! fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: Beet, Arthur J ; Harris, Cyril B
Price: $45.60
Publisher: Kimberley Siege Veterans' (50th Anniversary) Reunion Committee: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 68lk
Condition: Good
95 pages (complete). A much owned and negligently stored copy. The boards are much worn, scuffed, marked all about. They are a little weary, but also steady and secure. Within, the contents have much evidence of avid, contented use throughout. There are handling marks, age marks. There is handling wear, there is storage wear. However, the contents are also most assured, clean, clear, resolutely competent, certain, dutiful, companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: Bester, Ron
Price: $152.00
Publisher: War Museum of the Boer Republics, Bloemfontein: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 39ky
ISBN: 1874979022
Condition: Near Fine
215 pages (complete). A most pleasing copy. The dustjacket has wear about the edges and seams from shelving. There is some light scuffing, handling wear, shelving marks. The dj is secure and sure. The veld coloured boards are mild. They do have shelving wear about the edges. They are otherwise simple, tidy. The contents are most agreeable. The contents are very healthy, confident, clean, clear, conscientious, companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: Bester, Ron
Price: $152.00
Publisher: War Museum of the Boer Republics, Bloemfontein: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 40ky
ISBN: 1874979022
Condition: Near Fine
215 pages (complete). A most pleasing copy. The dustjacket has wear about the edges and seams from shelving. There is some light scuffing, handling wear, shelving marks. The dj is secure and sure. The veld coloured boards are mild. They do have shelving wear about the edges. They are otherwise simple, tidy. The contents are most agreeable. The title page has light handling marks. Otherwise, the contents are very healthy, confident, clean, clear, conscientious, companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: Brandt, Johanna
Price: $85.50
Publisher: J H de Bussy, Amsterdam, Pretoria, Johannesburg / Holl.-Afrik. Uitgevers-Mij. v/h J Dusseau & Co., Kaapstad: 1913
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 57mo
Condition: Very Good
398 pages (complete). In South African Dutch throughout. A benign copy. The khaki boards have wear about all edges, corners and seams from shelving and handling. There is scuffing, marking from storage and handling. They are otherwise steady and secure. The contents are pleasingly assured. The frontispage has a previous owner signature. The guttering along the frontis and end papers have been repaired. The contents are clean, clear, comfortable, only occasionally marked from handling, healthy and very confident. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
By: Breytenbach, J H
Price: $175.75
Publisher: Nasionale Pers Beperk: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: canv
Condition: Very Good
Two volumes (complete). In Afrikaans. These two books were published some 25 years or more before Breytenbach's magisterial and authoritative History of the Anglo Boer War. They are, in a sense, a precursor. Volume I: 'Voorspel Tot die Stryd'. The boards have wear and scuffing. They are patient and benign. The contents are in pleasing condition. The pages are clean and clear and placid. Vol II: 'Ontplooiing van die Boere-Offensief Oktober 1899' (pub: 1949). The condition is very similar to that of Volume I. The boards are a little more worn, the contents a little more smart. fk. Our... View more info
By: Caplain, Jules
Price: $49.40
Publisher: M J Caplain, Paris: 1902
Edition: 2nd Edition
Seller ID: 64mx
Condition: Good
222 pages (complete). In French throughout. The thin card covers have a thick clear plastic protective cover. The covers have scuffing, marks and genial wear. The spine has cracks along the length. The binding along pp 96-97 is loose - however the stitching is secure. The pages are clean, clear, competent, orderly, benign, earnest, certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
Price: $42.75
Publisher: W E Hortor & Co Ltd., Johannesburg: 1913
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: bwjf
Condition: Good
200 pages (complete). A placid copy. The boards have wear all about, scuffing and marking from handling and storage. The are comfortable and secure. Handpressed paper with the Chiswick Press watermark. The page edges are untrimmed, they are also worn from handling. The early and later pages have age related foxing. The frontispiece protective sheet is tanned. All else, and the book in general and by far, pleases. The pages are clean, clear, thick, healthy and poignant. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. View more info
