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Prince Alfred's Guard, Port Elizabeth, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Emslie, Staff-Sergt. R S. 421 pages (complete). A much owned copy. Please note that the back cover is missing. The covers have much wear, sunning, marks and creases all about. They are resolute. Within, the early pages have wear and tear to the binding-edge. The folded illustrations have foxing about the verso folds - this has sometimes transferred to the adjacent pages. In general, the pages are clean, clear, certain, healthy, confident, dutiful, assured, assiduous, amenable, able. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Prince Alfred's Guard; Its History. With Notes Relating to the Volunteer Movement in Port Elizabeth by Hall, Richard T
by Hall, Richard T
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Prince Alfred's Guard; Its History. With Notes Relating to the Volunteer Movement in Port Elizabeth
by Hall, Richard T
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(Port Elizabeth, 1906). With Photographs and Illustrations supplied by Staff-Sergt. R. S. Emslie. Small 4to (147 x 109 mm); printed papered boards; pp. (xvi) + 421; frontis. portrait; several photographic plates, incl. folding, and photographs in text. (Mendelssohn I, p. 675; SABIB 2, p. 489) Boards somewhat rubbed, and backstrip fractured; earlier owner's crude tape reinforcing to upper hinge; some fox spots. Good. "The history of the corps for fifty years, from its formation in 1856 to the year 1906, together with a large number of interesting views and portraits having reference to the town of Port Elizabeth and the volunteer movement. Pp. 298-353 deal with the services of the force during the South African War, 1899-1902." - Mendelssohn. The history is of particular value in its coverage of the Frontier Wars. .
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- Publisher (Port Elizabeth, 1906)
- Keywords Regimental histories. Prince Alfred's Guard. Eastern Cape. Port Elizabeth. Volunteer units. Frontier Wars. Pondoland. Basutoland Gun War. Anglo-Boer War. Local history Military History.
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Prince Alfred's Guard: Its History - 1856-1906 - With Notes Relating to the Volunteer Movement in Port Elizabeth
by Hall, Richard T
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Prince Alfred's Guard; Its History
by Hall, Richard T
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Port Elizabeth , 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Boards are damaged and marked.Repaired.Foxing.Tightly bound.421 pages.Pocket size.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Prince Alfred's Guard; Its history - With Notes Relating to the Volunteen Movement in Port Elizabeth
by Hall, Richard T
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The Regiment, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Emslie, Staff-Sergt. R S. 421 pages (complete). Rebound in quarter leather. A smart, most agreeable copy. The marbled boards are tidy, healthy. The leather spine is neat, fresh. The contents are in pleasing condition. They have very mild evidence of age. Otherwise, they are tight, clean, clear, hale, very confident and dutiful, diligent and very certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Prince Alfred's Guard; It's History. With Notes Relating to the Volunteer Movement in Port Elizabeth. With Photographs and Illustrations supplied by Staff-Sergt. R.S. Emslie.
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Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth, 1906 1st. Small hardback, approx 6 x 4.5 inches. Full polished dark brown morocco leather with raised and gilt banding to spine and twin leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Speckled edges. In very good condition. Later leather fine binding. No inscriptions. Some slight darkening to main title page. Some foxing to folds on folding plates and adjacent pages. One other foxed area between p132-3. 421pp. Profusely illustrated with B&W photo plates, including 5 fold-out plates.
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