WAR WITH THE BOERS

Brown (H.) & Grew (E. Sharp)

Description:

5 volumes, 248 pages each volume, 12 maps, frontispiece portrait in each volume, 20 photogravure portraits, 20 tinted plates and many black & white text illustrations, pictorial khaki cloth, all edges gilt, an unusually good set.

An advertisement for the work at the end of the first volume states, 'To be completed in about four volumes, at 10s. 6d. each, specially bound in Khaki, as worn by the British Troops on acitve service.'

Details:

• Publisher: H. Virtue and Company, Limited
• Publisher Place: London
• Date of Publication: No date (circa 1900-1902)
• Binding Condition: Very good
• Overall Condition: Very good
• Size: Large 8vo (250 x 190 mm)

• Lot No: 371
• Hammer Price: $200
• Bids: 1
• Visits: 120
• Estimate: $300/400
• Reserve: $200

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