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The South African War
by Mahan, Captain A. T
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, 1900. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/no dust jacket . Decorated American trade binding - cover designed by George Wharton Edwards (so stated on copyright page). Large oblong book 11-1/2" x 17" bound in green cloth boards with gold lettering and design on cover. No fraying or wear-through, slightest hint of surface rubbing. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrations selected and arranged by Harry T. Clinton. First Edition, with MCM on title page, Copyright, 1900 on copyright page. With an Introduction by Sir John G. Bourinot, K.C.M.G., LL.D., Litt.D. Eighteen full page illustrations in color; 34 full page black and white illustrations. 208 pages..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024634
- Title
- The South African War
- Author
- Mahan, Captain A. T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Peter Fenelon Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- SOUTH AFRICA, AFRICAN HISTORY, WAR, BOER CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB, FIRST EDITION, MILITARY HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- War/Military; Africa;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- First Edition
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Jacket
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