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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Capain Aylmer Haldane

How we escaped from Pretoria

Published: Africana Book Society, Johannesburg, 1977

Edition: 1977

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How we escaped from Pretoria by Aylmer Haldane, published by Africana Book Society in 1977, which is a facsimile of the original publication of 1901 by William Blackwood and sons of Edinburgh. 

Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front and the spine over black embossed picture on the front cover. This book is in very good condition. Profusely illustrated with maps.

Haldane was captured and put into the " Model School " in Pretoria, which became a prisoner of war camp. Quoted from the text " The occupants of our room (five in number since Churchill left ) agreed to try to burrow their way to freedom, and decided to start work forthwith. The story of their escape and arrival at Lorenco Marques.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 14 cm x 22 cm
  • Sold By: Hemingways Books
  • Contact Person: Jenny Pote
  • Country: South Africa
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