Victorian Colonial Warfare - Africa
by Featherstone, Donald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0304341746
- ISBN 13
- 9780304341740
- Seller
-
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(no place: Bok Books International, 1992) 0304341746. 4to; original burgundy boards, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 160, incl. index; profusely illustrated with contemporary artwork and maps. Some foxing to endpapers. Very good condition. "The 'small war' was a particularly Victorian concern. Its course was followed with avid interest by the general public. Every setback and victory, every act of courage and cowardice was recorded and illustrated in the pages of the popular press. Nowhere was this more true than of Africa ... " .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9313
- Title
- Victorian Colonial Warfare - Africa
- Author
- Featherstone, Donald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0304341746
- ISBN 13
- 9780304341740
- Publisher
- (no place: Bok Books International, 1992) 0304341746
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- October 1992
- Keywords
- Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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