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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Atkins (John Black)

THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH (Includes 2 old photographs)

Published: Methuen & Co., London, 1900

Edition: Second Edition, Revised

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viii + (iv) + 351 + 40pp publisher's catalogue, printed end-papers; plates; maps, incl. folding map. Original coarse blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine.

Included are two old photographs of the War Memorial Museum.

Corners and spine ends bumped with light fraying of cloth to corners. Light cracking to EP gutters. Light foxing to endpapers. Internally clean.

'A reproduction of letters published in the Manchester Guardian, together with an Introduction giving a concise account of the early stages of the campaign in Natal, and many plans and illustrations. There are detailed descriptions of the battles of Willow Grange, Colenso, Railway Hill, Pieter's Hill, &c. &c., and of the successive attempts to relieve the beleaguered town. The writer was evidently a great admirer of General Buller, and remarks that "he gained laurels from his defeat that are not always won by victorious generals. He sacrificed, or let me say rather, he jeopardised, his own reputation in order to avert an irreparable sacrifice of his army."' - Mendelssohn

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 197mm x 135mm x 38mm
  • Sold By: Booktown Africana
  • Contact Person: Chris Shelton
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0685615292
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