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Louis Creswicke - South Africa and the Transvaal War

 1568803354,
Edinburgh, T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1900-02. Cloth. The first edition of Louis Creswicke's impressive contemporary study of the Second Boer War, complete with many colour plates and folding maps. The first edition.Complete in eight volumes, including the two scarce supplementary volumes.An in-depth study on the Transvaal War, a contemporary account of the proceedings of the Second Boer War. This is an impressive set, providing a comprehensive and meticulously detailed examination of the conflict between the British Empire and the two Boer republics. The information provided by the author, Louis Creswicke, has remained an essential resource on the war.As well as exploring the contemporary battles of the war, Creswicke also details the events which led up to the conflict, such as the First Boer War.Volume I is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete.Volume II is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding chart, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete.Volume III is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete.Volume IV is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete.Volume V is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete.Volume VI is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete.Volume VII is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete.Volume VIII is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, seven colour plates, twenty-four monochrome plates, and in-text maps. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Spines are a little discoloured. Light handling marks and a few spots to the cloth. Puncture mark to the front board of Volume VII. Small bump to the rear board of Volume VI. Chip to the fore edge of Volume III. Front hinge of Volume VII starting but firm. Spots to the endpapers and fore edges. Internally, firmly bound, Volume III is generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .
GBP 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 167.5 US$ 194.52 | JP¥ 28946] Book number 945P39

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