Lindsay carnegie agnes (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Red boards with gilt title and black decorations, Colour a little blotchy in places, text very clean, not inscribed. 299 pp edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: In quite good condition. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Octavo, [25cm/10inches], full gilt-embossed Khaki-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 238, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . War was declared on 11 October 1899 with a Boer offensive into the British-held Natal and Cape Colony areas. The Boers had about 33,000 soldiers, and decisively outnumbered the British, who could move only 13,000 troops to the front line. It rapidly became clear that the Boer forces presented the British forces with a severe tactical challenge. What the Boers presented was a mobile and innovative approach to warfare, drawing on their experiences from the First Boer War. The average Boers who made up their Commandos were farmers who had spent almost all their working life in the saddle, both as farmers and hunters. They depended on the pot, horse and rifle; they were also skilled stalkers and marksmen. As hunters they had learned to fire from cover; from a prone position and to make the first shot count, knowing that if they missed, the game would either be long gone or could charge and potentially kill them.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in tan cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dust wrapper is not called for, the book has been covered in removable acetate protecton film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This book is an early, locally produced memorial volume honouring the men of Angus who served in the opening phase of the Second Boer War. It combines a detailed nominal roll with contextual notes, biographical sketches, and commemorative intent. The work—edited by J. B. Salmond and published in 1900—was created as both a factual register and a tribute to the soldiers from the county of Angus who volunteered or were mobilised for service in South Africa. It belongs to the wave of contemporary Boer War memorial books produced by Scottish counties and burghs, intended to record service while the conflict was still unfolding. This copy has been annotated by someone who has traced unnamed individuals. Ref III 6.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No DJ. First Edition. Scuffing and soiling to covers. Binding is tight. No markings in book. 238pp.