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THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer War from the Beginning of Hostilities to the Fall of Pretoria (FAE)
by Mahan, A.T. (Sir John G. Bourinot intro) (George Wharton Edwards coverdesign) 9t
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book. NEAR FINE inside, ZERO aging, foxing, marginalia, etc.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: R.H. Russell.. VG book. NEAR FINE inside, ZERO aging, foxing, marginalia, etc.. 1901 (1900cp). 1st Am ed.. Hardcover. VG book. First published in UK in 1900. 18 fp color plates, 34 in b/w. Green cloth. Front cover gilt faded a bit. 18"x12",208pp . Covers lightly scuffed. Front inner hinge paper cracked. The Remington frontis had been folded in two places about an inch apart. the 34 b/w plates are indexed. Oddly the 18 color plates are neither indexed nor in the listed order. The Remington frontis is listed as #14. .
Synopsis
"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off."THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEThey are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end....From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001126
- Title
- THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer War from the Beginning of Hostilities to the Fall of Pretoria (FAE)
- Author
- Mahan, A.T. (Sir John G. Bourinot intro) (George Wharton Edwards coverdesign) 9t
- Illustrator
- Remington color frontis.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. NEAR FINE inside, ZERO aging, foxing, marginalia, etc.
- Edition
- 1st Am ed.
- Publisher
- R.H. Russell.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1901 (1900cp)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- VG book. First published in UK in 1900. 18 fp color plates, 34 in b/w., Green cloth. Front cover gilt faded a bit. 18"x12",208pp
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About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- Cloth
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- VG
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- Gilt
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- Cracked
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- Marginalia
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fine
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