London: Blackwood, Le Bas & Co., 1901. Octavo; 6 volumes; VG; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, mitred edges, wear and tattering to spine caps and corners, cocked spines, blemishes, scratches, shelfwear; Text blocks have gilt edges, tanning and light foxing to endpapers, slight smudges to to some page edges, intermittent spine breaks; Illustrated with frontispieces, maps, and plates (some color); CONTENTS: Vol. I. From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 (xi, 199 pages) — Vol. II. From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 (vii, 200 pages) — Vol. III. From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts’s Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 (tear to frontispiece; viii, 199 pages) — Vol. IV. From Lord Roberts’ Entry into the Free State, to the Battle of Karree (missing front flyleaf, cracked hinges front and rear; viii, 215 pages) — Vol. V. From the Disaster at Koorn Spruit to Lord Roberts’s Entry into Pretoria (cracked hinges front and rear; vii, 198 pages) — Vol. VI. From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger’s Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901 (cracked front hinge, missing frontispiece; vii, 215 pages).
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This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X, atop one of the bookcases. More