The H.A.C. in South Africa. A Record of the Services Rendered in the South African War by Members of the Honourable Artillery Company

Williams, Basil, and Erskine Childers (editors)

Description:

Crown 8vo; original charcoal buckram, with regimental device in gilt to upper cover, and spine lettered in gilt; pp. (x) + 234; folding map. A little sunned to spine and top edges of boards; spine a touch worn at tail; light foxing to endpapers and sporadically elsewhere. Very good condition. (Hackett, pp. 12, 201; Mendelssohn I, p. 735) "A record of the 193 members of the Honourable Artillery Company who served in South Africa with the City Imperial Volunteers, the Imperial Yeomanry and various other corps. Of the H.A.C. members incorporated in the C.I.V., most served in the Field Battery and various chapters relate to its formation and war service. The volume contains a list of all H.A.C. members in South Africa showing rank and branch of service." - Hackett: South African War Books, p. 12.

Details:

  • Publisher: Smith, Elder, & Co.
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1903
  • Edition: First
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Crown 8vo
  • Lot No: 335
  • Hammer Price: $80
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  • Estimate: $160
  • Reserve: $80

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