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Auction #127 begins on 06 Nov 2025

Briggs (Lady)

THE STAFF WORK OF THE ANGLO BOER WAR 1899 - 1901

Published: Grant Richards, London, 1901

Edition: First

Reserve: $70

Approximately:

Estimate: $90

Bidding opens: 6 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 13 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Embodying some of the War Letters sent to the 'Morning Post' from South Africa by Elizabeth Charlotte Briggs.

503pp with portrait as frontispiece with 5 illustrations. Red cloth boards with a gilt vignette on the upper cover and on the spine. Top edge gilt but dulled, others uncut, some foxing on the preliminary and end pages.

An account of the "work of the non-combatant branches of the army" during the war, with notes on the hospitals, hospital ships, and trains.

Source: Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography vol 1 pg 184.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 234 x 160 mm


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