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Under The Union Jack: Descriptive and Illustrative of the Campaign in South Africa. The Second Boer War. In Two Volumes. No’s 1-36 Complete.
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, George Newnes Ltd., 1899-1900 1st.. Two Volumes. Tall hardbacks, 11.5 x 9 inches. Light brown/tan cloth with black lettering and coloured solider illustrations to fronts and spines. Speckled page edging. In very good conditions. Edges and ends of spines rubbed, some heavier general rubbing to cover on vol.1, with some small nicks to ends of spine. Some tanning to endpapers, bookplate to front “W.E. Armstrong.” (Vol.2.) Some tanning to pages, mostly around page edges. Else very good clean and tight copies. 2 vols. (viii + viii) + 432pp to 856pp. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs and illustrations throughout.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92497
- Title
- Under The Union Jack: Descriptive and Illustrative of the Campaign in South Africa. The Second Boer War. In Two Volumes. No’s 1-36 Complete.
- Author
- NEWNES:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, George Newnes Ltd., 1899-1900 1st.
- Keywords
- Military Subjects Africa Boer War First Edition History Military Leather Binding Fine Binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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