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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Payne, David & Emma

Harford. The Writings, Photographs & Sketches. Including the Anglo Zulu War and his service in India

Published: The Ultimatum Tree Limited, Llandysul, Wales, 2008

Edition: First Edition

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Original boards with dustcover. Halftitle. Title. Contents. Appendices. List of Illustrations(150). Introduction. Acknowledgments & Bibliography. xix plus 304 pages text with numerous supporting images and illustrations.

An interesting and thorough account of the Writings, Photographs and Sketches, including the Anglo Zulu War and his service in India.

The narrative gives insight and understanding to this man's commitment to military service and his instinctive personal interest in natural history.

"Then there is the story of the "bug crazy" Lieutenant, who was very anxious as to how he would behave when first under fire:

We were in rather a hot corner and he was standing to my right rear, when I heard an exclamation, and on turning round saw him lying on the ground, having dropped his sword and revolver. " Good God, Harford." "You are hit." " No Sir" he replied, "not hit, but I have caught such a beauty."

And there the lunatic, in his first action, and under heavy fire, his qualms of nervousness  all forgotten, had captured some infernal  microbe or other and was blowing its wings out, as unconscious of the bullets striking the rocks, all around him as if he had been in his garden at home."

  • Jacket Condition: Fine
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 31 X 25cm 3kgs.
  • Sold By: Quathlamba Winds Books
  • Contact Person: Ian & Yvonne Halford
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 01743 361772
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Paypal-Cheques-Direct Transfer to UK Bank.
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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