Boer War Episodes

Klerksdorp: Herman Guest, 1939

8vo, 45pp + 122pp + 63pp Hardcover binding with black lettering to spine and front board. 10 monochrome plates at end of ‘Vicissitudes of a Transvaal Dorp’.

Three volumes bound into one book, comprising of the following:

1. Vicissitudes of a Transvaal Dorp (1901) “...the narrative gives an account of the successive occupations of the town by the British and Boer Forces...there is a list of ‘Klerksdorpians’ who joined the British forces.”

2. With Lord Methuen and the First Division (1902) “...this publication was completed under great difficulties...(the) only compositor dies during the production of the first edition.”

3. Incidents in the Western Transvaal (1902) “The Pamphlet contains an account of the doings of the First Division under Lord Methuen, until his defeat and capture by General De la Rey, at Klipdrift. There is a description of two Boer drives, the last occurring only a few days before the declaration of peace, May 3, 1902”. (all from Mendelssohn, Vol. 1, 1952, pp.658-659)

Condition: Overall Good. Slight spots of wear to boards, a few minor stains to rear board. Slight shelfwear to top and tail of spine. Splitting to gutters between front endpaper and pastedown, and between a few pages. Original staple holes of pamphlets still visible. Text and plates are clean.