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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

[Hawdon (Mrs)]

NEW ZEALANDERS AND THE BOER WAR (Presentation Copy)

Or Soldiers from the land of the Moa, by a New Zealander

Published: Messrs. Gordon and Gotch, Christchurch, No date (circa 1906)

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287 pages, frontispiece, 1 plate, original red pictorial cloth, spotting on the fore-edge, a good copy.

On front paste down end-paper: To Dorothea Spring with compliments from the author Jan 3 - 7/16

A South African Bibliography volume 3 page 536. One copy listed. According to the preface (written in the third person with reference to the author as “he”) this account of the New Zealand Contingents in South Africa is largely due to the writings of others in private letters and the public press. The final chapter is an account of the vain attempt of the Maoris to be allowed to join the white contingents sent to South Africa.

  • Size: 8vo (190 x 130mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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