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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Trew (H.F.)

BOTHA TREKS

Published: Blackie & Son, London, 1936

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $50

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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190 pages: illustrations, portraits, map on endpapers. Cloth. Spotting to preliminary pages & page edges. Stain on spine. Label of previous owner on front free endpaper. Gift inscription dated "17:6:36" on half-title page.

Deals with the German South West Africa campaign. Trew served on Botha's staff and thus offers an informed view of the campaign. He pays tribute to Botha's shrewd tactics, designed to minimise casualties- a trait that was ignored by other WWI generals. "These personal stories of General Louis Botha will, I hope, enable English people to learn what sort of man he was, better perhaps than a more formal history". Preface.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 22 x 15 cm


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