The Boer War
by Thomas Pakenham
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Fair
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Hudson, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1979. First American Edition . Purple Cloth. Good+/Fair. Moderate wear, reading creases to spine, inscription inside front cover, otherwise sound and unmarked. Price-clipped jacket has wear and chips to edges, folds on spine. Detailed history of the 1899 war in South Africa. Many B&W photos, 700pgs. Extra postage outside the US.
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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- Bookseller
- Trench Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007906
- Title
- The Boer War
- Author
- Thomas Pakenham
- Format/Binding
- Purple Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Africa;
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General stock, but specializing in fiction titles through 1970 and early children's series books. Large inventory, being listed as time permits. All listed titles are subject to prior sale.
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