UITLANDERS AND COLONISTS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE FLAG 1899-1900

Horace W. Nicholls

Description:

Embossed gilt title on purple variant chamfered boards. illustrated 110 b/w collotype photographs each with original tissue-guard. Besides the Imperial Light Horse this volume features Bethune's Mounted Infantry at Umbilo, & the South African Light Horse at Cape Town. Officers are identified in individual and group photographs and all pictures are annotated as to subject and location. All illustration pages are clean and white with no foxing. tissue guards have browned, Old eps retained (foxed). Gilt title dulled.

Details:

  • Publisher: The Goch Studio.
  • Publisher Place: Johannesburg.
  • Date of Publication: (1900).
  • Edition: 1st edition.
  • Jacket Condition: no d/j.
  • Binding Condition: Rebacked and restored with new eps.
  • Overall Condition: An extremely attractive copy inside and out.
  • Size: oblong 4to.
  • Lot No: 292
  • Hammer Price: $1000
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 75
  • Estimate: $1600
  • Reserve: $1000

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Seller Details:

  • Name: Fables Bookshop
  • Address: 119 High Street, Grahamstown.
  • Contact Person: Ian Balchin
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: aesop@fables.co.za
  • Website: http://www.fables.co.za
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Amex, Mastercard, & Visa cards. PayPal. ZA electronic bank transfers.
  • Trade Association: SABDA
  • Additional Information: Established 1990. We are interested in all aspects of Africana, and specialise particularly in that related to the Eastern Cape and the 1820 Settlers. We issue irregular email catalogues of new africana acquisitions. Founder Member SABDA. Books accepted for auction at an all-inclusive negotiable fee which covers all of our services, auction fees, and financial costs such as credit card fees and forex charges etc.