(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1990) 0947464212. 4to; original brown boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xviii + (ii) + 320, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs and artwork, some of which in full colour. Dustwrapper partially sunned and very slightly rubbed; trace of foxing to edges and outermost leaves, occasional faint fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "The straightforward narrative of his experiences is both a classic of 'true-life adventure', and an unforgettable evocation of mobile guerilla warfare. Though written in 1903, Commando was not published until 1929, and was reprinted ten times in as many years. This sumptuous gift edition brings new life to this acclaimed journal. Battlegrounds and town squares, burghers and generals, British troops and Boer partisans - all are sketched in absorbing prose, fine colour paintings, and a host of authentic black and white photographs. Commando is a South African classic, a timeless story of courage, endurance and the triumph of the human spirit over adversity." .

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Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12857
Title: Commando. A Boer Journal of the Boer War
Author: Reitz, Deneys
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0947464212
ISBN 13: 9780947464219
Publisher: (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1990) 0947464212
Place of Publication: Johannesburg
This edition first published: 1990
Keywords: Guerilla warfare. Boer republics. Orange Free State Anglo-Boer War
Bookseller catalogs: Anglo-Boer War;

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