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Stewart (Lieut. Colonel Rupert) et al.

THE VICTORIA CROSS - THE EMPIRE'S ROLL OF VALOUR (1916) 2.) VICTORIA CROSS BIBLIOGRAPHY (1999) 3.) WHAT HAPPENED TO A VC

Three books pertaining to the VC

Published: Hutchinson & Co., London, 1916

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

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Estimate: $60

Bidding opens: 9 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Jul 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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1.) THE VICTORIA CROSS - THE EMPIRE'S ROLL OF VALOUR (1916)

First edition, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1916.

Publisher's red cloth binding with gilt embossed Victoria Cross on front panel and gilt titles on spine.

xviii + 469pp. Colour frontispiece.

Binding sound. Page edges foxed and foxing to prelims.

Contains extracts of each report of bravery since the institution of the Victoria Cross (1856) to the date of publication (1916). There is an alphabetical as well as a chronological index at rear for ease of reference.

2.) VICTORIA CROSS BIBLIOGRAPHY by John Mulholland & Alan Jordan.

First edition, SPINK, London, 1999.

Hardcover with dust jacket.

xvii + 217pp.

Part 1 contains a bibliography of books on the subject of the Victoria Cross and Part 2 is a bibliographical compilation of books written by VC recipients.

Fine condition.

3.) WHAT HAPPENED TO A VC by Patricia D'Arcy 

First edition, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, 1999.

Hardcover.

107pp. Frontispiece + foldout map. Illustrated.

Inscribed by the author on the title page.

The story of Commandant Cecil D'Arcy and Sergeant Edmund O'Toole who both received the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Fair to Good


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