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My Command in South Africa 1874-1878.
Cunynghame, General Sir Arthur Thurlow
Description:
My Command in South Africa.1874-1878. Comprising Experiences of Travel in the Colonies of South Africa and the Independent States.
Ten chapters are devoted to an account of a journey from Cape Town to the Eastern Frontier,the Free State,and Basutoland; and six chapters describe a visit to Pondoland and Natal,and there are accounts of the Diamond Fields and the threatened rebellion in that part of the country,the annexation of the Transvaal,and the war on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony...First Edition 1879.Map Frontispiece with tissue guard xvii plus 371 pages text and two further maps. Owners name to back of Frontispiece. Further 39 pages publishers advertisements.Very clean tight copy.
Details:
- Publisher: Macmillan and Co
- Publisher Place: London
- Date of Publication: 1879
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Jacket Condition: No Dustcover
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 155 X 230mm
- Lot No: 68
- Hammer Price: $200
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 33
- Estimate: $255-300
- Reserve: $200
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- Name: Quathlamba Winds Books
- Address: The Flat-West Wing,Marche Hall,Halfway House,Shrewsbury,SALOP SY5 9DE
- Contact Person: Ian Halford
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Email: info@qwbooks.co.uk
- Website: qwbooks.co.uk
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- Trade Association: SABDA
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