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The Great Boer War 1899-1901
Captain Frank Denton Price
Description:
Price was of the 1st. Durham Royal Engineers (Volunteers). The book printed for Private Circulation only, contain the text of his letters to his father. 150pp. including The War Diary omitted from many copies; 6 plates after photographs. A list of the Regimental No., Names and Rank of Price's detachment. Bound in dark brown leather, gilt, all edges gilt, patterned end papers. Extremities of spine a little rubbed. On title page "With Compliments JP" - this was the Colonel of the Reoyal Engineers (Volunteers) at Newcastle who wrote the Prefatory Note. "If only there was another Roberts out here all would be settled. There is a great deal to be said about the disgraceful bungling of some officers in high positions out here which never reaches the papers" A very scarce work.
Details:
- Publisher: Andrew Reid and Company
- Publisher Place: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Date of Publication: 1901
- Edition: only
- Binding Condition: very good
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: small 8vo
- Lot No: 93
- Hammer Price: $179
- Bids: 5
- Visits: 68
- Estimate: $150
- Reserve: $125
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Seller Details:
- Name: Roger J. Knowles
- Address: Unit 1 Image Business ParkEast Cannock RoadHednesfordCannockStaffordshireWS12 1LT
- Contact Person: Roger J Knowles
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Email: rogerjknowles@btinternet.com
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- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard. Bank Transfer
- Trade Association: PBFA / Ephemera Society
- Additional Information: Founded in 1980 the business specialises in all aspects of the history of Britain and its Colonies with an emphasis on original manuscript items, printed documents and ephemera. Subjects of particlar interest are Travel, Military & Naval, Earth Sciences, Natural History and Ethnography. We are members of the PBFA and the Ephemera Society whilst Roger is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Scotland), a member of the Society of Archivists and the Council of British Archaeology.
