THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS RECORD OF THE TRANSVAAL WAR 1899-1900

86 pages, folio, frontispiece - photogravure portrait of Lord Roberts, 7 other photogravure plates, full page plate with portraits of the chief contributors, many other full page & other illustrations, pictorial card wrappers, slightly scuffed and worn on the spine, a good copy.

Contents: The Record of the War by Spencer Wilkinson, The Part Played in the Struggle by England and Wales, The Colonies, The Navy, Ireland, The Cavalry, The Artillery, Scotland, Women, The Medical Staff.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 2, page 375:A beautiful publication, possessing an elaborately coloured cover with the arms of the British Colonies, a full-page portrait of Lord Roberts, and groups of the most distinguished generals who took part in the South African War (1899-1 902). Amongst the photogravures are " Mafeking " and " Paardeberg," by Caton Woodville, and there is a spirited illustration of the charge of the 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte, by H. W. Koekkoek. A feature of the volume is the collection of the portraits of the chief con- tributors, literary and artistic.