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Mafeking: A Victorian Legend (re: Colonel R. S. S. Baden-Powell & The Boer Wars & May 18 1900)
by Gardner, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Co., 1966. -----Red cloth with silver lettering on spine, 246 pages plus 24 pages of b & w plates, no names, minor shelf wear, dust jacket is in Very Good condition with minor edge wear, creasing on flaps. Contents include: Prologue / Preparations for War / Preparations for Siege / Battle and Bombardment / A Few Affrays / Patrolling the Frontier / A Merry Christmas / The British Defeated / Blunder and Boredom / South from Rhodesia / In the Trenches / The March of the Relief Column / A Finishing Touch / The Relief of Mafeking / Epilogue / Bibliography / index. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Illus. by Front jacket: "Sleepless Mafeking" by Lascelles . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006214
- Title
- Mafeking: A Victorian Legend (re: Colonel R. S. S. Baden-Powell & The Boer Wars & May 18 1900)
- Author
- Gardner, Brian
- Illustrator
- Front jacket: "Sleepless Mafeking" by Lascelles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Cassell and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- -----Red cloth with silver lettering on spine, 246 pages plus 24 pages of b & w plates, no names, minor shelf wear, dust jacket is in Very Good condition with minor edge wear, creasing on flaps. Contents include: Prologue / Preparations for War / Pre
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