The Great-Anglo-Boer War
by Farwell, Byron
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393306593
- ISBN 13
- 9780393306590
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About This Item
W W Norton & Co Inc, 1990. First Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. W W Norton & Co Inc, 1990. First Thus. First published as Norton Paperback in 1990. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Maps. Illustrations. Contemporary Drawings. 528 pages. 9.25 x 6 x 1.5 inches. Cover photo: Attending the Injured After the Battle of Driefontein. Tan wrappers with photo and green titles. Clean and unmarked with slight wear to corners, spine leans forward about 10 degrees. Internals completely clean, no marks of any kind, no creases. The Boer War )(1899-1902) was the last of the romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish their independence, against the might of the British Empire at its peak. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt. Byron Farwell graphically describes all elements of the war--military, political, and social. A monumental work. 1990, W W Norton & Co Inc.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
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- Title
- The Great-Anglo-Boer War
- Author
- Farwell, Byron
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0393306593
- ISBN 13
- 9780393306590
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902; VOORTREKKERS; JAMESON RAID; HISTORY-SOUTH AFRICA; AFRICAN HISTORY-BOER WAR;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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