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THE RIDDLE OF ERSKINE CHILDERS
Written by Andrew Boyle.
Stock no. 1829818
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Erskine Childers was the author of the novel The Riddle of the Sands. He was a product of Haileybury and Cambridge, became a Clerk to the House of Commons, fought in the Boer War, joined the navy as a lieutenant in the Volunteer Reserve in 1914 and was awarded the DSC in the Royal Naval Air Service. How did it come about that this typical product of the English upper class was condemned to death by the newly formed Irish Governement, not as an agent of the English but as a republican rebel, a member of the outlawed IRA? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 351 pages including index. ISBN: 0091284902. Lower edge of rear board knocked. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Name in red ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, lightly scuffed to rear panel, minor closed tear to top front edge.

Price: £52.00 £41.60.

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ZULU BATTLE PIECE ISANDHLWANA
Written by Reginald Coupland.
Stock no. 2138047
Published by Tom Donovan. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1948, this edition has a new introduction by Ian Knight. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates and maps. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1871085071. Page edge browning, with a little foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with small tear to base of spine.

Price: £12.00 £9.60.

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WAR IMPRESSIONS
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 2137055
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1903. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 216mm x 153mm. xiv, 254 pages. Folding chart. 99 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. An A. & C. Black Colour Book. Damp staining to bottom corner of front cover. Split to top of spine at front; to about half way down the book. Marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and margins. Tear to fold-out page. A working copy ONLY!

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CALL TO ARMS A VALLEY HISTORY
Written by W.G. Lloyd.
Stock no. 2132879
Published by W.G. Lloyd. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The part Monmouthshire Soldiers played in the Boer War. ISBN: 0952054345. A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some heavy indentation marks.

Price: £11.00 £8.80.

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BOER PRISONERS OF WAR IN BERMUDA
Written by Colin Benbow.
Stock no. 1819084
Published by The Bermuda Historical Society. 3rd 1994. Very good condition.

Third Edition (reset, revised & enlarged). Orange pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0969789300. SIGNED by the author (with regards) to verso of front cover and lengthy personal dedication by gift giver.

Price: £28.00 £22.40.

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DINUZULU: THE DEATH OF THE HOUSE OF SHAKA
Written by C.T. Binns.
Stock no. 1814844
Published by Longmans. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Dinuzulu, son of Cetshwayo king of the Zulu Kingdom 1873-1879. Dinuzulu and the final dissolution of the great military empire which the tyrant Shaka had founded. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Browning to text block and musty odour to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and edge-worn with tape repair.

Price: £12.00 £9.60.

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CALL TO ARMS A VALLEY HISTORY
Written by W.G. Lloyd.
Stock no. 1609269
Published by W.G. Lloyd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The part Monmouthshire Soldiers played in the Boer War. ISBN: 0952054345.

Price: £11.00 £8.80.

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WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA, AND AFTER PRETORIA: THE GUERILLA WAR (4 VOLUME SET)
Written by H.W. Wilson.
Stock no. 2112218
Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited. Circa 1901. Good condition.

A History of the Boer War 1899-1900. Very large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations. This set comprises of the 2 copies of With the Flat and the 2 supplement volumes of After Pretoria; all uniform to each other. Heavy! All spines are faded and browned, with some wear. Differing amounts of damp staining to covers and pages internally. Still a good working set.

Price: £120.00 £96.00.

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THE JOYOUS PATRIOT
Written by David Verney.
Stock no. 817344
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Correspondence of Ralph Verney 1900-1916. Life and Letters. Boer War. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850528410. Top edge of text block dull. Contents fine. Green pictorial wrapper is a little scuffed.

Price: £8.00 £6.40.

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