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Auction #135 begins on 12 Nov 2026

Rew (Capt. H.G. McKenzie)

RECORDS OF THE ROUGH RIDERS

(XXth Battalion Imperial Yeomanry) Boer War, 1899-1902. With illustrations

Published: Brown & Wilson, Brown & Wilson, 1907

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $200/250

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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First edition: 289 pages, frontispiece portrait of Lt.-Colonel R.B. Colvin, 3 maps - 1 folding, 32 plates, original khaki-coloured cloth with silver decoration on upper cover, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, contents good.

From the introduction by R.B. Colvin, Late-Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding XXth Battalion, I.Y. ‘The records of the XXth Battalion I.Y., a regiment called into a short existence in the years 1900-1901, have been compiled by Captain Mackenzie Rew, from his own and other officers' diaries ... suffice it to say that this short history of the Rough Riders will revive memories already becoming dim; it will recall days which to many of us were the most eventful in our lives ... and also place on record the work done by a regiment which, without any pretentions to fame, can truly assert that it faithfully served its country.'

Not listed in Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography.

Six copies listed in A South African Bibliography volume 4 page 27.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x150mm)


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