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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Wallace (Edgar)

WRIT IN BARRACKS - SIGNED

Published: Methuen & Co., London, 1900

Edition: First

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x + 121 pages + 48 pages of the publisher’s catalogue dated October 1901, original deep blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine, edges uncut. Inscribed and signed by Wallace to Jack on one of the front pages. (some foxing on these pages)

The second work by this author, written during the Anglo-Boer War, while he was Reuter's correspondent in South Africa.

‘A volume of poems, the majority of which are written on subjects connected with the British army in the South African War. Many of the stanzas appeared from time to time in the daily newspapers, but others are published for the first time.’ (Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 579)

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 140 mm)
  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
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