Hilder Morris (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. VRS second series No.31. Heavy insect markings along the edges of the jacket. The boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. protected in cellophane. r*18/03/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Original publisher's brown cloth hardback, gilt title spine, gilt ornament frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: frontispiece tipped-in, xxx, 180pp., map on endpapers, illustrations, footnotes, bibliographical notes, appendices, general bibliography, index. Very fine copy. Volume 31: Second Series Van Riebeeck Society.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Series No. 31. Pages clean and bright, boards tidy, closed tear on head of rear dust jacket 4cm. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 177 pages. Bibliography. Index. "When war was declared in October 1899, Hilder volunteered for service in South Africa and served two tours of dutyy in 1900 and 1902. His writings are rare accounts of the Canadian action in the war as seen from the perspective of the mounted infantry. No other substantial descriptions of these units have been published, despite the fact that these men made up over 50% of Canadian soldiers recruited to serve in the war." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp upon verso of front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.

First Edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Africana. Hardback. With dj.