Besieged In Ladysmith. A letter to his wife, written in Ladysmith during the siege
by Watkins-Pitchford, H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1964). 8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt 'Long Tom' device to upper cover; dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. (iv) + 129; a few facsimiles. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn and partially sunned. Very good condition. "The substance of this book comes entirely from a letter to his wife commenced on 27th October, 1899, and finished on 1st March, 1900 - within which dates Watkins-Pitchford endured and survived the Siege of Ladysmith. However much about the Siege may previously have been published, this marathon letter is a most distinguished and eloquent contribution. It may add but little to known facts; it does certainly provide a document of intense human interest, not only by faithfully recording the day by day events, but by clearly and vividly reflecting the whole panorama of emotions evoked at the time in a highly sensitive and impressionable mind. Reading this account, one feels besieged, angry, frustrated, hopeful and hopeless, terrified and courageous, selfish and selfless, hurt and hungry: one is overcome by the climactic joy of the Relief." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9026
- Title
- Besieged In Ladysmith. A letter to his wife, written in Ladysmith during the siege
- Author
- Watkins-Pitchford, H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1964)
- Keywords
- Anglo-Boer War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anglo-Boer War;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Device
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...