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ABBOTT (J.H.M.) Tommy Cornstalk: Being Some Account of the Less Notable Features of the South African War from the Point of View of the Australian Ranks. 1st Ed., xi+264pp. Longmans. 1902  #70600
[HLMainPic] Author served as a cpl. in the First Australian Horse. Orig. rust cloth, gilt, VG with intricate bookplate of the press baron Harold Harmsworth (later Viscount Rothermere, an interesting character who was a close acquaintance of Winston Churchill, a supporter of the British Union of Facsists & somewhat overly keen on Adolf Hitler) & later booklabel of Kenneth Griffith.   £65

     




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