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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

J.E.M. Thursby Attwell

The Fighting Police of South Africa

Published: Private Printed by The Natal Witness, Pietermaritzburg, 1925

Edition: First

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  • Paper covered boards are grubby.
  • Some rippling to inside end-papers.
  • Retailer's marking to front end-paper.
  • 207 pages with a frontispiece and nine other illustration pages.
  • From the introduction: 'this book is not by any means exhaustive, but the gentle reader may find it to be what I hope it is - not a historical record of the Police Forces of South Africa, but a few interesting facts where honour, courage and self-sacrifice play a great part.'
  • There are chapters on, amongst others, Isandhlwana, 1879; Rorke's Drift; The Bambatha Rebellion; the Rebellion of 1914-15; The Zandfontein Disaster; The Black Police of South Africa. (10AS)
  • Jacket Condition: no jacket
  • Binding Condition: Fair +
  • Overall Condition: Fair +
  • Size: Octavo
  • Sold By: Chapter Two
  • Contact Person: Su & Ray Smethurst
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0317622462
  • Preferred Payment Methods: VISA; Mastercard or eft
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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