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A Soldier's View of Empire. The Reminiscences of James Bodell 1831-92
by Bodell, James (Sinclair, James editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0370302249
- ISBN 13
- 9780370302249
- Seller
-
Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Bodley Head, 1982. 216pp, bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Some light foxing to endpaper and jacket flaps, spine slightly sunned. Reminiscences originally written from 1881. Bodell enlisted in the army at 16, going first to Ireland then to Hong Kong where most of his regiment died of malaria or other tropical diseases. He bought himself out of the army and went to Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) and later to Victoria where the gold rush had begun. He volunteered to serve in New Zealand in the Maori Wars and became a pioneer at Tauranga. The edited reminiscences provide a unique picture of how the British Empire was colonised and what life was like in the British army in the ranks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015002
- Title
- A Soldier's View of Empire. The Reminiscences of James Bodell 1831-92
- Author
- Bodell, James (Sinclair, James editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0370302249
- ISBN 13
- 9780370302249
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Military Colonial British China Hong Kong Ireland Tasmania Victoria Australia New Zealand Waikato Tauranga Lilywhites 59th Regiment of Foot Kowloon Gold Gold Rush Mining Maori
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australiana & NZ; History- Britain & Europe; Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Lawrence Jones
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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