Author: de Wet, Christiaan Rudolf.
Title: Three Years War (October 1899-June 1902).
Description: London: Archibald Constable and Co Ltd, 1902. 1902. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt. The covers are bumped & soiled with the top edges darkened & with bubbling to small areas of the cloth; the top third of the front cover is dampstained; the spine is darkened & rubbed with a stain near the tail. 520 pp. & 64-page publisher's catalogue. B&W portrait frontispiece & B&W folding map tipped in at rear. There is a contemporary owner's ink name & date on the front endpaper; the rear hinge is cracked & a small area of the surface of the rear pastedown is rubbed away; there is a short tear to the map. Good reading copy.

First edition.

An account of fighting the British in the Boer War, originally written in Dutch, by an Afrikaner "Vechtgeneraal". Fair .

Keywords: MILITARY; BOER WAR; BRITISH EMPIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; AFRIKANER; CHRISTIAAN RUDOLF DE WET; KITCHENER; MAP; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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