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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Bufton, John.

TASMANIANS IN THE TRANSVAAL WAR

Published: S.G. Loone, Hobart, Tasmania, 1905

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Original gilt title on cloth boards, black variant. red ledger edges. 534pp illustrated 8vo.

A G++ sound copy. boards 'dusty', cloth has wrinkled, recent sello remnants on pastdowns. contents are clean and unmarked. Dark patch near top of spine suggests loss of label. Small ticket 'J.W. Beattie, Photographer to Tasmania Govt. Hobart' on front pastedown. Brown patterned eps may not be original? Soft at head and tail of spine, Front board lightly shaken.

This refers to the (second) Boer War, not the Transvaal War (first Boer War). Particularly noted for extensive photographs of identified individual combatants, the inclusion of various notes, letters, and diaries, list of men and engagements fought, list of decorations and orders awarded.

  • Binding Condition: G-VG
  • Overall Condition: G-VG
  • Size: 250mm high x 190mm wide. 1600g
  • Sold By: Fables Bookshop
  • Contact Person: Ian Balchin
  • Country: South Africa
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