Book Details
| Author: | Colvin, BT.-Lieut.-Colonel F.F. & Gordon, Captain E.R.: |
| Title: | Diary of the 9th (Q.R.) Lancers During the South African Campaign 1899 to 1902. |
| Published: | London: Cecil Roy, 1904. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 20 - Military |
| Description: | First edition. xv, 304 pp. Frontispiece, & 40 b/w photographic illustrations in text. Large folding map in pocket at rear - Map of Routes Traversed by the 9th Lancers in South Africa 1899-1902. Compiled from the authors' private diaries to provide a short and simple record of the work done by the Regiment during the war in South Africa. Written in diary form. Eps browned. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. A fewpots of foxing on prelims but text clean. Handsomely bound in red and yellow bevelled cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Crest of Queen's Royal IX Lancers on front board. All edges gilt. Cloth weakened along edges of spine with a little fraying at centre of rear edge. Patches of damp-staining on rear board. Spine somewhat darkened. Front board bright. Map in VG condition. Overall condition VG. |
| Book Number: | #6892 |
| Price: | € 175.00 |
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