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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Reitz (Deneys)

COMMANDO:

a Boer journal of the Boer War; with a preface by J.C. Smuts

Published: Faber & Faber, London, 1929

Edition: Second edition

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $75

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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331 pages: map on endpapers. Cloth. Browning to free endpapers. Spotting to page edges & preliminary pages. A tight copy. 

The first edition was published in October 1929 and this edition (still with the map on the endpapers that was later dropped), just a month later.

"A lamentable tale of things done long ago- and ill done." "Reitz had the uncanny knack of living through the war as though leafing through the pages of an adventure story" Thomas Pakenham. THE BOER WAR. 

  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 22,5 x 14, 5 cm


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