Author: Wentworth Huyshe
Title: The Graphic History of the South African War 1899-1900
Description: London, The Graphic Office, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated work on the history of the South African War, 1899-1900. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Compiled by Wentworth Huyshe, with the help of others, this work details a complete narrative of the campaign of the South African war, or the Second Boer War, from 1899-1900, from the British Empire's point of view. This conflict arose between the British Empire and the two Boer republics due to the Empire's influence in South Africa at the time. With chapters from Lieutenant M. F. McTaggart, Mr. G. M. C. Luard, Major F. D. Baillie, Mr. G. D. Giles, Colonel Sir Howard Vincent and Sir William MacCormac. With around three hundred illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing, causing loss to paper to the extremities of the boards. Boards slightly soiled with some areas of damp staining. Light bumping to the extremities and marks to the boards. Hinges strained but holding. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd mark. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

Keywords: South Africa South African War first edition illustrated South African War Not Stated


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