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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

[Hawdon (Sarah Elizabeth)]

NEW ZEALANDERS AND THE BOER WAR

Published: Messrs. Gordon and Gotch, Christchurch, No date (circa 1902)

Edition: First Edition

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First edition:287 pages, frontispiece, 1 plate, original red pictorial cloth, foxing on the preliminary pages and on the page edges, a good copy.

A South African Bibliography volume 3 page 536. One copy listed.

According to the preface (written in the third person with reference to the author as “he”) this account of the New Zealand Contingents in South Africa is largely due to the writings of others in private letters and the public press. The final chapter is an account of the vain attempt of the Maoris to be allowed to join the white contingents sent to South Africa.

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (190 x 130mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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