Impressions of a Doctor in Khaki
by Francis E. Fremantle
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£240.00£216.00
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". George Watson. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this Doctor's account of his service during the Second Boer War. Presented to a colleague at the Cape Town military hospital. A signed first edition of British physician and Conservative party politician Francis Fremantle's account of his time serving as a medical officer with the British Army during the Second Boer War.To the front free endpaper is the inscription ' Dr George Thornton M. D., from an old Wynberg colleague, well-wishes friend, F. E. Fremantle, Nov. 1901'. Wynberg was a Military Hospital in Cape Town, used by the British Army during the war.Below this, a former owner's inscription notes that George Thornton was godfather to Dr. Symons, one of the nineteen men that appear on plate 8, page 62.Illustrated with thirty-four photographic plates, and with numerous further illustrations from George Watson. Collated, complete.Offering personal insight into the casualties of the Second Boer War. In the publisher's original cloth binding. One bump to back strip head, with areas of fading to boards and joints. Hinges strained, with boards holding firm. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding lightly strained to centre of text block, but generally holding firm. Pages clean and bright, with a former owner's inscription to plate 8. The odd light pencil mark. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 829F14
- Title
- Impressions of a Doctor in Khaki
- Author
- Francis E. Fremantle
- Illustrator
- George Watson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- second boer war Francis Edward Fremantle george thornton Francis Edward Fremantle
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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