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| B0029 | | The Royal Magazine Vol X111 November 1904 - April, 1905 | | 592 pages with index. Survivors' Tales of Great event's :- Charge of the Light Brigade, How they held Rorke's Drift. Navarino. Red Cloth. Book Condition: Good. Binding and pages complete.Top edge of board worn. Jacket. 24 x 17 Cm. A fine copy. Postage free in UK. Many interesting stories,and articles. | | £45 | |
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| B0027 | | Boot & Saddle. A Narrative Record of the Cape Regiment, the British Cape Mounted Riflemen, the Frontier Armed Mounted P | | Boot & Saddle. A Narrative Record of the Cape Regiment, the British Cape Mounted Riflemen, the Frontier Armed Mounted Police and the Colonial Cape Mounted Riflemen.
Maskew Miller, Cape Town, 1955. Blue Cloth. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket damaged see scan. Binding and pages complete. Jacket. 22 x 14 Cm. A fine copy paper browned as usual. Postage free in UK.
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| B0026 | | Strand Magazine, London, July to December 1891. - First Hand Account Charge of the light Brigade by Private James Lamb | | Charge of the Light Brigade by First hand account by Private James Lamb, illustrations by W.B.Wollen, R.I and from photographs.
Young Tommy Atkins A personal Experience.
Strand Magazine, London, July to December 1891. Three-Quarter Leather. Book Condition: Very Good. An illustrated monthly publication Vol 11- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 670pp. Thoroughly illustrated in b/w. EXTERNALLY: 3/4 leather bound with green boards with gilt decorative spines. There is some wear and scuffing on the leather, spines and outer covers, and whilst worn, all bindings are sound. INTERNALLY: All pages are intact and there are NO inscriptions, This volume has adventure 1 to V1 of the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", and numerous interesting artcles. This volume provides a fascinating insight into this popular illustrated Victorian magazine. The Strand Magazine was started by George Newnes in 1891 and quickly became prominent for its superior but middlebrow fiction, publishing serialisations and short stories by authors as diverse as E. E. Nesbit, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (including most of the Sherlock Holmes stories), W.W. Jacobs, H. G. Wells, P.G. Wodehouse and E. W. Hornung (notably the Raffles' series), Each issue also included short pieces of non-fiction. A HEAVY BOOK. Price includes postage in UK.
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| B0025 | | Official History of the Natal Mounted Rifles | | Rough But Ready an Official History of the Natal Mounted Rifles and Its Antecedent and Associated Units 1854 - 1969 - Eric GoetzschePrivately Published, Iterprint Durban, 1971. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition a little worn around the edges see scan : Good. 1st Edition. Detailed abd substantial history, includes useful section on WWI & WWII. 408pp., ills., including colour, casualties, honours etc., index.Binding firm, pages clean and complete. Vgc green cloth, gilt in chipped dw. Heavy book, postage free. suitable for UK delivery only. | | £28 | |
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| B0024 | | The Red Book- Natal Press Reports Anglo-Zulu War 1879 | | Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society, South Africa. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ron Lock and Peter Quantrill Compilers Compilation of Natal newspaper articles published in 1879. 352pp., vgc in red "leather" binding, gilt. Numbered 369 of 500. Appears to be original signatures of compilers on title page. Above average weight. Postage free in UK. | | £50 | |
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| B0021 | | The Anglo Boar War 1899-1900 | | An Album of upwards of 300 photographs.
The book is detached from its binding, the pictures are clean and bright. Most pages are loose. | | £10 | |
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| B0020 | | The Transvaal War Album: The British Forces in South Africa | | : GEO Newnes, Southampton. H. Back. Book Condition: Good. Folio. An Album, wherein the various Regiments and other principal Units of the Forces engaged in the Boer Campaign of 1899-1900, are illustrated. Portraits are also given of the Generals who have conducted the operations, and the Staff and Regimental Officers who have organized and lead the British and Colonial Forces.. Some rubbing to the top and tail pages are clean throughout. Contents very bright and bold. Illustrated throughout with clear black-and-white photographs. 268 pp. | | £45 | |
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| B0018 | | With the Eighth Division - M.C.Moffett | One of only 1,000 printed in 1903, Average condition. Includes folding map. All pages intact and clean, binding on edges a little frayed. Book contains Casualty list of the Eigth Division
The following is the scene as described by F C Moffett:
'The first prominent Boers to appear were Prinsloo, De Villiers and Crowther - fine looking men; they were preceded by Sir Godfrey and Lady Lagden, from Basutoland, who had come to witness the final scene. Then followed the commandos, who threw down their arms and ammunition with a certain effect of swagger in front of the guns. The whole scene was most romantic ... In the background were huge mountain masses standing out in the clear morning air, and from these came the various commandos winding down the steep mountain paths to the valley below. They were a motley lot - old and young men - some mere boys; all had two horses each at least, but many had three, the spare ones being used for baggage, which consisted of pots, pans, bedding, blankets, etc. There were a considerable number of natives among them, all of whom were mounted, though scantily clad. A huge number of wagons and Cape-carts followed, in which were many women, the wives of the burghers.' | | £45 | |
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| B0017 | | Summer of 1899: The Siege of Kimberley. 14 October 1899 - 15 February 1900 | Kimberley Africana Library, 1999. Hard Back. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good The Siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa), when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town. The Boers moved quickly to try to capture the British enclave when war broke out between the British and the two Boer republics in October 1899. The town was ill-prepared, but the defenders organised an energetic and effective improvised defence that was able to prevent it from being taken. | | £75.00 | |
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| B0016 | | The ARMY LIST July-Aug 1881 | | WAR OFFICE, 30th June 1881. Hardback. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition:. 833 PAGES plus 14 pages of adverts.. THIS COPY IS Gold embossed on front cover " Parliament of Victoria Library " IT IS BOUND IN A RED HARD BINDING, WHICH IS VERY TIDY. TOP OF BLOCK DUST STAINED. ALL PAGES IN GOOD CONDITION slight folding on the last 14 pages | | £48 | |
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| B0015 | | THE ARMY LIST May-June 1876 | | WAR OFFICE, May 1876. Hardback. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket In Good Condition:. 914 PAGES. THIS COPY IS Gold embossed on front cover " Parliament of Victoria Library " IT IS BOUND IN A RED HARD BINDING, WHICH IS VERY TIDY. TOP OF BLOCK SLIGHTLY DUST STAINED. ALL PAGES IN GOOD CONDITION. | | £56.00 | |
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| B0014 | | Navy & Army illustrated March 1898 - March 1899 | | A MAGAZINE DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATIVE OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE DEFENSIVE SERVICES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. A BOUND SET OF FOUR VOLUMES FROM VOLUME V1, NUMBER 60, MARCH 1898; TO VOLUME V11,NUMBER 111 MARCH 18TH 1899 Condition: Very Good. 4 Volumes.14.5" x 10". Printed on gloss paper and profusely illustrated with many full page size, high-quality photographs of soldiers on everyday exercises' in uniforms and equipment. Complete with Index for each volume. The journal deals in equal measure with the Royal Navy and with regiments of the British. Bound in dark leather and blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Volume 1 has water damage to top of board, but does not effect pages inside, slightly faded spines , Joints and hinges tight. Text clean and bright with no spotting. Slight shelf wear on corners. Includes start of Boar War, Sudan Campaigns etc. | | £240 | |
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| B0013 | | Napiers history of the Peninsular Wars. | | William Napier served in the Peninsular War and wrote a History of the War in the Peninsula (6 vols., 1828�40). The first volume was published early in 1828; however, the publisher lost money by it so Napier decided to publish the remainder of the work on his own account. The second volume appeared in 1829; the third and fourth volumes were published in 1831 and 1834 respectively. In the spring of 1840 the sixth and final volume was published. Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785-1860) British general and historian who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and particularly in the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal. He fought in the major battles of Fuentes de Onoro, Salamanca, and the Nivelle River and was wounded several times. In 1819 he retired from the army on half-pay owing to a musket ball lodged on his spine and in 1823 he began his masterwork, 'A History of the War in the Peninsula', which was published between 1828 and 1840 in six volumes by John Murray to wide acclaim. It was based partly on his own combat experiences and partly on information supplied by two commanders in that conflict, the Duke of Wellington and the French Marshal Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult. Napier was knighted in 1848. Pages intact bindings a little fragile see photograph. | | £140 | |
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| B0012 | | Sea Officers 1st January 1807 | | An Alphabetical list of the Poft Captains, Commanders, and Lieutents, of his Majesty's Fleet: with
the dates of their firft Commiffions. Admiralty Office, January 1, 1807;
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| B0009 | | The History of the Present War with Russia , Henry Tyrrell, | London Printing & Pub.Co. 1855-56, London, 1855. 1st - thus. 72 Steel Engravings 1101pp There are 6 volumes. This is a complete set with 72 full page steel engravings including 10 maps. At rear of last volume are the Chronological -Precis of the events of the War and the Index. The covers are blind-stamped with gilt decorations. The books have a total of 1101 pages. These volumes comprise portraits of celebrated commanders, events of the war, battle scenes, Maps, Plans, etc. etc. Wear top edges of spines else very good set of books. 4to red original bindings blind-stamping on covers.
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| B0008 | | The War in the Crimea by Sir Edward B. Hamley | | Seeley and Co., Limited, London, 1891. Red Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. With Portraits and Plans First Edition. 7 7/8" Tall. 312 page. Foxing at fore-edges, Front hinge loosening, All intact and in good condition, spine a little rubbed. | | £25.00 | |
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| B0003 | | Coronation And Commorative Medals 1887 to 1953 | A rare reference book that describes all of the British Coronation and Commemorative Medals awarded between 1887 and 1953.
Researched by Lieut. Colonel Howard N. Cole and published by Gale & Polden Ltd. in 1953, it contains 52 pages and includes photos and detailed descriptions of the events and conditions of award. Book in almost Mint condition .
This remains a very useful resource for military researchers and medal collectors.
Item is in fine condition. | | £20.00 | |
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| B0001 | | South African War Casualty Roll | Medal Roll containing the names of the Casualties of the Natal Field who were wounded or killed in the Boer War, during the period of the 20th. of October 1899 and the 26th. of October 1900.
Published by J.B.Hayward & Son, England, 237 pages
This is a very useful resource for military researchers and medal collectors, as it covers many of the major engagements of the Boer War.
Item is in good condition. | | £45 | |
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| B0005 | | The Anglo Boer Wars by Michael Barthorp, | 8x10, b/w maps, illust, biblio, index. 1 vol, 176 pgs 1987 LONDON, BLANDFORD PRESS
In very good condition with dust jacket.
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| B0006 | | A History of the Peninsular War by John A. Hall | Volume V111, The Biographical Dictionary of British Officers Killed and Wounded 1808-1814. A complementary volume to Sir Charles Oman's monumental study of the Peninsular War.
Book in perfect condition never been used. with dust cover. | | £15.00 | |
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