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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

De Wet (Christiaan Rudolf)

THREE YEARS WAR:

October 1899 - June 1902

Published: Archibald Constable, Westminister, 1902

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $75

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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520 pages, 64 pages: portrait as frontispiece, maps (1 folding). Cloth. Some slight spotting to page edges & preliminary pages as normally seen. Normally seen in red cloth, sometimes in blue cloth, very seldom in this green cloth binding.


A Boer War classic. De Wet wrote this book whilst on board ship en route to Europe in order to solicit funds for the reconstruction of the two Boer Republics. His Boer colleagues encouraged him, insisting that he write the book. After its completion, it is said that De Wet indicated that he would rather face a "Regiment of Tommies" on his own than write another book!

  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 23 x 15 cm


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