The action of much of this fictionised history takes place in and around the concentration camp set up during the Anglo-Boer War by the British in Mafeking for Boer women and children. Many of the author\'s sources - mainly the written evidence of those confined in this camp - are acknowledged at the end of the book. The publisher - identified in one of the photographs - was one of those who was interned at Mafeking.
Only the last chapter deals with the \"Bittereinders\", the subject of the title of the book. These \"bitter-enders\" were the guerillas who fought on after the cessation of conventional hostilities.
The turquoise cloth-boards, black to the panel and the spine, are lightly rubbed and bumped but remain in better than good condition. The binding is tight. The plain endpapers are sunned, with the front free sheet slightly creased, but they are unmarked. The book\'s x + 204 pp are augmented by several inserted plates, of which three fold out to panoramas 380 mm wide.
- Binding Condition: Good +
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 205 x 155
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
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