Cane Colonel Hubert (11 results)

Illustated Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Maps and Illustrations complete. Minimal ex-library markings internally only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1906, First Edition, Very Good Plus/no dj, thick octavo, 374pp., professionally rebound in bright 3/4 red boards hardcover, darker red leather corners & leather backstrip with raised bands & bright gold lettering, red silk bookmark bound in, attractive red-marbled endpapers, 2 library stamps on front endpapers but no other remains, complete with 6 full-page b&w photo ill's. and 9 intact large fold-out b&w maps (one misplaced), binding tight, owner's bookplate & inked name on front endpapers o/w text unmarked, a handsome volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume 1 only (one of two volumes). Covers period March 1900 to September 1900. 374 pages with fold-out maps. Thick paper. Ex libris on inside front cover reads: "Walter Harold Wilkin". Book protected by a thick plastic cover. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 6" Wide - 9" Tall.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, pp. Vii, 374.6 photographic plates, 9 large fold out battle maps, 3 appendices, index. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gold cover and spine titles. Spine slanted. Rubbing and wear to bottom edges of covers with small losses of cloth. Milder rubbing to top edges. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. First large fold-out map has a long tear with no loss of paper, it does not prevent the map from being used. This book was written by the German Army, the Great General Staff in Berlin. It describes and analyzes the second half of the Second Boer War fought between the British Empire and the Boers of South Africa. This particular volume covers the events from March to September, 1900. The Germans were intensly interested in the Boer War because they knew a massive European war was coming and they needed to understand the abilities of the British Army, perhaps the most battle-tested force in the world. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages.

2 vols. in 1 + map folder. 4to./Slim 4to. [xxiv] + 176pp. + [ii] blank + [x] + 218pp. + [viii] index. Port. frontis., many ills. from photos. With 18 mainly folding maps in seperate map folder. Illus. e.ps., original gilt lettered dark red cloth with gilt armorial device to upper board, t.e.g., map in black lettered red limp card folder, together in rubbed slipcase. No. 404 of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Additional postage may be necessary US$111.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 374 pages. Index. Appendices. Heavily-worn former library copy with usual markings. Spine slant. Some plates and maps missing. Binding intact. Offered as is. A worthy reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Leather bound. Signed by Strydom- Director & Chairman of Scripta Africana. Limited edition No. 889/1000. Heavy, extra postage will be required if posted outside South Africa. Housed in a slipcase which is a bit edge worn, sunned, a bit chipped and marked. The book itself is in fine condition, excellent binding, internally clean, pages intact with gold gilt top edges. Including maps relating to the German War in South Africa. Like New. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Condition: Good. German official account of the war in South Africa. March 1900 to September 1900. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin. From the library of Abraham Fisher, Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony. Monogramed and stamped. 9 maps and 6 illustrations. Closed tears to the maps. Splitting to the end papers. Gilt to top edge. Thumbing with some light foxing to fore- and lower edges, 374 Pages. Contents clean. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth boards with gilt. Insect nibbling to boards. Bumping to corners. Small nicks, splits with mild fraying to the cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. October 1899 to February 1900-1905 reprint, xi, 280pp, folding maps and illustrations. March 1900 to September 1900-1906 First, viii, 374pp, folding maps, illustrations, appends. Small tears to a couple of maps, light wear to cloth, ageing but generally a good set. 2kg.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1906. Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth (slightly rubbed). Gilt. (x, 374pp.). With 6 full-page b/w plates, and 9 fold. col. maps. Uncut. Hinges starting; small closed tear to edge of some maps; one map tape-repaired. Previous owner's neat rubber stamp on front endpaper.

Condition: Poor. The spine of the cover is slightly loose from the textblock. Aged and well used copy. The content is rippled slightly, a little tanned/foxed in places. A decent enough copy.