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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Williams (Basil)

RECORD OF THE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN

Published: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London, 1909

Edition: First edition

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First edition: 138 pages, 10 colour plates, 1 black and white plate, folding map, black cloth gilt decorated with the regimental devices, titled gilt on the spine, foxing mainly in the text and on the fore-edge, ex library with the usual library labels and stamps, cloth worn along the edges and with insect scarring, a good copy

The C.M.R. saw service in virtually all the colonial "disturbances" which occurred following the founding of the corps in 1855. The regiment also saw service in the Anglo-Boer War.

The author was the editor of volume IV of The Times History of the War in South Africa

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x140mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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