The Boer War : Illustrated Edition
by Pakenham, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 029777395X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297773955
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. First full scale documentary history of war to be attempted since 1910. Narrative based on first hand and largely unpublished sources (including letters of Sir Redvers Buller which had been hidden under his Billiard Table.). Well Illustrated with over 200 Colour and B&W Photos and Maps. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 304 Pages, 1.6 Kilos, 11" Tall. No inscriptions except old penciled price on ffep. Very slight edgewear to jacket. Nice clean copy. Weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Synopsis
The war declared by the Boers of South Africa on October 11, 1899, gave the British, as Kipling said, 'No end of a lesson.' The public expected it to be over by Christmas. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and most humiliating war that Great Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015907
- Title
- The Boer War : Illustrated Edition
- Author
- Pakenham, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 029777395X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297773955
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- MILITARY & WARS/HISTORY/MILITARY HISTORY/BOER WAR
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