Illustrated mainly from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa.
2 volumes, 716 pages continuous pagination, frontispieces, 2 folding maps, prolifically illustrated throughout with photographs and sketches by war artists, working loose at the hinges, the front hinge in volume 2 has been simply reinforced with tape, pictorial red cloth over bevelled boards, titled gilt on the spines, corners bumped, a good set.
Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 2, page 625: This compilation was issued in thirty parts, and affords a record of the South African War up to the advance to Komati Poort and the flight of President Kruger. The volumes are interesting and entertaining.
- Overall Condition: A Good Set
- Size: 4to (340 x 250 mm)
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