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MACKINNON (J.P.) & SHADBOLT (S.H.) Comps.
The South African Campaign 1879. A Memorial Volume, Containing Sixty Permanent Cabinet Photographs of the Officers of the British Army & Navy Who Lost Their Lives in the Zulu War, Biographical Notices, Detailed accounts of the Various Engagements, Maps of the Country Showing the Movements of the Army, Summaries of the Movements of the Various Regiments in the Field, & Separate Records of the Services of Every British Officer Who Was Engaged.
1st Ed., [vii]+378pp., 4to, 62 portraits, 2 fldg. maps. Sampson, Low et al.
1880
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Superbly produced, substantial & classic work covering all main events of the Zulu War 1879 with detailed obituaries & finely reproduced photogravure portraits of the 62 officers killed or died during the campaign, followed by service records of every officer engaged. Valuable source & very rare original edition, orig. green cloth, gilt to spine & front, little wear to edges, sl. splitting to sp. (3-inch section of top joint), easily VG as a nice example of the original edition. See illustrations on our website.
£500
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