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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
2-Aug-2014
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Description:
Books on Boer War, Hospitals and South Africa (3). Beak, G.B., the Aftermath of War. An Account of the Repatriation of Boers and natives in the Orange River Colony 1902-1904, London, Arnold, 1906, 25 photo illustrations, large folding map, x, 296pp., some spotting to fore-edges and occasional spots of foxing internally, 8vo., brown cloth with design in black, gilt crest of parliamentary library on front cover and an ownership stamp on title page. [No other marks]. Illustrated in Hackett p.87. Very scarce; 'By the Professional Staff' [Bowley, Anthony A. & others], a Civilian War Hospital. Being an account of the work of the Portland Hospital, and of experience of wounds and sickness in South Africa, 1900. with a description of the equipment, cost, and management of a civilian base hospital in time of war, London, Murray, 1901, Folding frontis., 49 photo plates, a few text illustrations and tables, xii,343pp., some foxing adjacent to plates, 8vo., cloth, gilt crest of parliamentary library on front cover and an ownership stamp on title page. [No other marks]; Bunbury, Charles J.F., Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History, and the Native Tribes, London, John Murray, 1848, Frontis. wood-engraved view of the Cape, foxed, 4 wood-engraved plates of natural history subjects with marginal foxing, xii,297,(1)pp., 12mo., contemporary 1/2 calf a little rubbed and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing, gilt spine with raised bands and black title label, marbled boards. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base. No other markings external or internal. a very good copy. Howgego 2. S37.
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Category:
Unclassified