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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

J L De Villiers

HOE IK ONTSNAPTE, 'n verhaal van een merkwaardige ontsnapping van een Boer uit Engelsch-Indie

Published: Hoveker & Wormser, Amsterdam & Pretoria, 1903

Edition: First

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98 pages, 8vo, frontispiece of De Villiers disguised as an Indian, illustrations, original blue cloth with a portrait of the author mounted on the upper cover, a copy in very good condition.

The author escaped from a Anglo-Boer War prisoner-of-war camp in Trichinopoly in South India, disguised as an Indian, into the nearby French enclave of Pondicherrry and thence by ship to France.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 14 x 20 cm
  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833219905
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT & Paypal
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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