Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying.: The Siege and Relief of Ladysmith 1899-1900
by Griffith, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Hutchinson & Co.. Small card with author's signature pasted on half title page. 11 maps, black and white photographs, illustrations and cartoons. Toning to top and fore-edges. Some mild foxing to the front prelims. 398 Pages. Contents clean and firmly bound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge-wear to extremities. Lacks lower corner of front flap and header. Some light foxing to verso. Hardcover. Pale orange cloth boards with evidence of some insect nibbling to the lower edge. Gilt lettering.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305836
- Title
- Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying.
- Author
- Griffith, Kenneth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africana; Anglo-Boer War;
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
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Cape Town
About Quagga Books
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- Half Title
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Verso
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