Author: E. A. H. Alderson
Title: With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force, 1896
Description: London, Methuen & Co, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A smart example of the first edition of Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson's account of his command of troops in Mashonaland during the Matabele revolt. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates, and a folding map, alongside further vignette illustrations.Collated, complete.A detailed contemporary account of a key figure who played a part in the Second Matabele War, also known as the First Chimurenga. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Matabele people, which led to conflict with the Shona people in the rest of Southern Rhodesia.Alderson was a commander of British troops during the conflict.Former owner's inscription, dated 1907, to the head of the dedication leaf.With a forty page catalogue to the rear, dated February 1898.The Spectator reviewed this work upon publication, stating 'Colonel Alderson tells his story in a straightforward, soldierlike way,just the way, in fact, in which a story of this kind should be told&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, binding lightly strained. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout. 1907 inscription to head of dedication leaf. With the odd instance of ink underlining. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson Matabele revolt Second Boer War zimbabwe Matabele revolt Not Stated
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Title: With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force, 1896
Description: London, Methuen & Co, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A smart example of the first edition of Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson's account of his command of troops in Mashonaland during the Matabele revolt. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates, and a folding map, alongside further vignette illustrations.Collated, complete.A detailed contemporary account of a key figure who played a part in the Second Matabele War, also known as the First Chimurenga. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Matabele people, which led to conflict with the Shona people in the rest of Southern Rhodesia.Alderson was a commander of British troops during the conflict.Former owner's inscription, dated 1907, to the head of the dedication leaf.With a forty page catalogue to the rear, dated February 1898.The Spectator reviewed this work upon publication, stating 'Colonel Alderson tells his story in a straightforward, soldierlike way,just the way, in fact, in which a story of this kind should be told&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, binding lightly strained. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout. 1907 inscription to head of dedication leaf. With the odd instance of ink underlining. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson Matabele revolt Second Boer War zimbabwe Matabele revolt Not Stated
Price: GBP 195.00 = appr. US$ 278.46 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 944F53
- Book number: 944F53
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