CUNYNGHAME (Gen. Sir Arthur Thurlow, GCB)
My Command in South Africa 1874-1878: Comprising Experiences of Travel in the Colonies of South Africa & the Independent States.
2nd Ed. with new Preface, xxviii+376pp., 3 maps. Macmillan.
1880
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Lt.-Governor & C-in-C in South Africa inc. annexation of the Transvaal, Sixth Kaffir War &c. "Cunynghame served as... Commander of the Forces in South Africa from 1874-1878, the years leading up to the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War." - Raugh (Anglo-Zulu War, 1879, A Selected Bibliography. This 2nd Edition (not recorded by Raugh) includes a new preface in light of recent events which describes operations in the Zulu country during the war of 1879. Orig. red cloth, gilt, remarkably fine, almost as new, & the best edition to have. See illustration on our website.
£250
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