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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Hamley (Richard) [Signed]

THE REGIMENT:

an illustrated history and the uniforms of the British South Africa Police

Published: Quest Publishing, Salisbury, 1980

Edition: First (De luxe) edition

Reserve: $75

Approximately:

Estimate: $100

Bidding opens: 16 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 23 Jan 16:30 GMT

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1 volume (unpaginated), 33 leaves of plates: colour illustrations. Quarto. Full blue leather with gilt dentelles and raised bands, top edge gilt. Some spotting to preliminary pages. Cloth slip case with gilding. Number 243 of an edition limited to 350 copies.

Signed by Hamley on title page.                                                                                       

The British South Africa Police comprised men recruited to escort Cecil John Rhodes' pioneers to Mashonaland. In addition to their normal police duties in the fast growing colony of Southern Rhodesia, men of the regiment saw action in the Boer War, both World Wars and the bush wars of the 1960s and 1970s.

  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 30 x 24 cm


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