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Corporal P. T. Ross

A Yeoman's Letters (1901) - Signed by Author

Anglo-Boer War

Published: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London, 1901

Edition: First Edition

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Text illustrations by the author (Late Corporal 69th Sussex Company I.Y.)

xii + 186pp. Publisher's illustrated beige cloth binding.

Signed by the author on the frontispiece portrait "Yours very sincerely Percy T. Ross".

A generally good copy which is clean internally but with a National Army Museum cancellation stamp, a date in pen and some pencil annotations of interesting passages in the book with their page numbers, all written on the front paste down.

'A humorous description of camp life in the Sussex Yeomanry "on trek" with Generals Roberts and Clements during a portion of the South African War. The illustrations are very comical, and depict in a graphic manner the author's experiences in the Veld. The series of letters embrace the period from June 1900 to April 1901.' - Mendelssohn Vol. II, page 253 

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo.
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
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  • Country: South Africa
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