The Boer fight for freedom. From the beginning of hostilities to the Peace of Pretoria. . . .
by [BOER WAR]. DAVITT, Michael
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- Hardcover
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1902. Tall thick 8vo. xii, 607, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo illustrations, plates, maps. Orange cloth, gilt lettering & ruling on front cover, embossed lozenge illustration in gilt, red, white, blue & green, gilt lettering, w/ flag on spine (some minor soiling, edgewear, minor bumping to corners, inner hinge starting), still VG- copy, w/ erotic bookplate for library of William Rankin. Third edition, revised & expanded, of this account of the Boer Wars by the Irish Republican, nationalist, agrarian reformer, and labor leader.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49101
- Title
- The Boer fight for freedom. From the beginning of hostilities to the Peace of Pretoria. . . .
- Author
- [BOER WAR]. DAVITT, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Co.,
- Place of Publication
- New York & London:
- Date Published
- 1902.
- Keywords
- South Africa, Africa, British History, Military History, Boer War, Afrikaans, Afrikaners, Biography, Anthology, British empire, Colonial History, Cecil Rhodes, Paulus Kruger, Victorian, Victoriana, Agrarian Reform, Labor Leader
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Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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Vancouver, Washington
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