Impressions of a Doctor in Khaki
by Fremantle, Francis E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: John Murray, 1901). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; khaki cloth inlay to upper cover with medic pennant and red lettering; pp. xvi + 549, incl. index; plates; maps; some illustrations in text. Corners turned; backstrip frayed at head and tail; joints chafed; archival tape reinforcing to lower hinge; upper hinge a bit tender; binding slightly slack; some foxing to edges, outermost leaves and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. (Mendelssohn I, p. 565; Hackett, pp. 89, 146) "Experiences of a civil surgeon employed in the RAMC. During twelve months' army service the author worked at No. 1 General Hospital in Wynberg, made two homeward voyages aboard hospital ships Avoca and Spartan tending casualties, and served in the Field Hospital and Bearer Company attached to the 19th Brigade operating in the Orange Free State and Transvaal. Fremantle was summoned to give evidence before the Hospitals Commission Of Inquiry before leaving South Africa in Oct. 1900." - Hackett .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9278
- Title
- Impressions of a Doctor in Khaki
- Author
- Fremantle, Francis E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: John Murray, 1901)
- Keywords
- Anglo-Boer
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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