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Scripta Africana. very nice copy in nice slipcase; limited to 1000 copies; signed by publisher . Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 1988.
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Camillo Ricchiardi: Italian Boer War hero (Scripta Africana series) Unknown - 1988
by Mario Lupini
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- Title Camillo Ricchiardi: Italian Boer War hero (Scripta Africana series)
- Author Mario Lupini
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- Edition 1st
- Publisher Scripta Africana, Melville
- Date 1988-01
- ISBN 9780947025489
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Camillo Ricchiardi: Italian Boer War hero (Scripta Africana series)
by Lupini, Mario
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CAMILLO RICCHIARDI, ITALIAN BOER WAR HERO.
by Lupini, Mario.
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- Limited edition - #286/1000 copies.
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- ISBN 13
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Melville, RSA: Scripta Africana, 1988. 228 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), burgundy faux leather covers with gold lettering on spine and front board, top edge gilt, integral ribbon bookmark - in maroon pebbled slipcase. No. 286 of limited edition of 1,000 copies with limitation certificate signed by the Director after title page. Pictorial endpapers, b&w photographs. "Camillo Ricchiardi's love for war took him to South Africa to fight for the Boers, where he originated the most successful foreign volunteer corps of the Anglo-Boer War. A strict disciplinarian, he was to become the only foreign officer who managed to stay in control of his corps throughout the war; would remain a close aide to General Botha from their first meeting at the Tugela Front to their partings at Komatipoort; be acclaimed by the Italian colony on the Rand and Pretoria as the saviour, during the dark days that followed the 'Begbie explosion', culminating in a fiery mob-march down the dusty streets of the…
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