Anonymously Compiled (4 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. y First Edition. New York: Croydon Publications. [New York]: Good. 1953. First Edition. Presumed first edition [no statement of printing]. Pictorial wrappers [about 5.25" x 7.25"], saddle-stapled, unpaginated, illustrated with cartoon drawings. About VG copy [cheap text paper tanned, some creasing mostly to the rear cover and fore-edge portion of some pages] with a 3/4" tear to the bottom edge of the rear cover. WHBX 7. cover and interior artwork by Art Gates (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Pictorial Cover on black, boards have been nicked front and back; corners and spine frayed, pages have darkened, else good; 98 p. frontis. Johnston governor of Alabama twice and U.S. Senator.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-271 [271a] 272-343 [344-345 (i.e. 346): blank] [note: mispaginated by the publisher], Frontispiece by Stanley Wood, ten maps and plans, original pictorial tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, white, blue, green, orange and black. First edition. The "war" in question is the Boer War (1899-1902), still ongoing at the time of the book's publication. About half of the text is quoted from letters written home by British soldiers of both high and low rank. The anonymous author has stitched these together very professionally to form a fascinating yet impartial narrative, and one that was largely at odds with accounts in British newspapers, whose dispatches from the front were heavily censored and in some cases deliberately distorted for propagandistic purposes. The book presents a unique treasure of primary source material. With a gift inscription dated 1901 by the author on the front free endpaper. Apparently, this first volume was the only one published; we could not locate any mention of a subsequent volume, nor is a second volume of this title recorded in any library. Iink stain to a small area of spine and rear panel, one leaf pair opened roughly, inner hinges strengthened, overall a good copy of a rare book. (#147073).…