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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Col Colin Harding

Frontier Patrols

A History of the British South Africa Police and Other Rhodesian Forces

Published: G Bell and Sons, London, 1937

Edition: 2nd

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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Clean, tight. Inked name on half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Front board with arms of Southern Rhodesia in gilt. Near fine pictorial dust jacket and scarce. Contents fine with frontis. Spotting to the page edges. 20 illustrations, 2 fold-out maps intact. A fine copy.

The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in 1980). It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes' British South Africa Company, from which it took its original name, the British South Africa Company's Police. Initially run directly by the company, it began to operate independently in 1896, at which time it also dropped "Company's" from its name. It thereafter served as Rhodesia's regular police force, retaining its name, until 1980, when it was superseded by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, soon after the country's reconstitution into Zimbabwe in April that year.

  • Jacket Condition: Very good plus
  • Binding Condition: Near fine
  • Overall Condition: Very good plus
  • Size: 8vo
  • Sold By: White Eagle Books
  • Contact Person: Andrew Saidi
  • Country: United Kingdom
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