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Rhodesia and after: being the story of the 17th & 18th battalions of Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa
by Gilbert, Sharrad H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in white cloth with red titles and red & blue decoration, cloth is frayed at head of spine, backstrip is dulled, has minor rubbing at corners, pencilled name/place on (black) front endpaper, couple of blue pencilled text corrections, otherwise no inscriptions, contents a little shaken but holding well. 350 pages, tipped-in tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature of author, 48 illustrations on plates, 3 maps (2 of them on foldouts), casualty list, glossary. Uncommon .
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- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50445
- Title
- Rhodesia and after: being the story of the 17th & 18th battalions of Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa
- Author
- Gilbert, Sharrad H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Boer War, Nyasaland, British Military history, Dunraven's Sharpshooters, Hinckley
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military / Victorian;
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
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Ibstock, Leicestershire
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