With the Flag to Pretoria a History of the Boer War of 1899 1900 by H W Wilson (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Red cloth with titles and decoration in black and gold, with recently renewed dark-red spines. 255 x 333 x 60mm, both volumes together. 716pp in total. B/w illustrations on every page; with index. Clearly the set has been exposed to damp or water at some stage, with significant fading, staining and a little mould on both covers, esp. Volume 2; however, the volumes have been expertly restored, with new spine-strips carefully inserted beneath cloth of boards, and new endpapers, also expertly provided; minor evidence of damp is seen internally, too, mainly in the form of light staining and pink colouration towards tops of pages in Volume 2; apart from this the two volumes are largely clean internally, and overall make an attractive and interesting set. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. illustrated mainly form photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa (illustrator). Firmly bound, green cloth boards with s little rubbing and a few marks. volume two only from set.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. cover has wear and discolouration.

4to. viii, 367-716 pp. Black & white frontispiece & numerous black & white illustrations in text. Hardback - original green cloth. Cover worn (now covered in cellophane), water stain on lower corners of first 15 leaves, half title grubby, browning and very slight insect damage to edges of rear leaf, otherwise text VG.

Condition: Poor. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2250grams, ISBN:

Condition: Poor. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2350grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. Folio size. In good bright red bevel-edged boards, with black titles and gilt and black decorated lady to front with rose, thistle, clover symbols. The boards have cracked hinge and front cover a little loose, quite straight; some grubby marks; a few small dents to tail edge; corners and spine ends bumped. Small tan and white pattern on end papers is unmarked except for red stain along tail edge of rear board. Brief dedication on front free end paper. Tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, straight and not tanned or foxed - very good condition, especially for age. With many illustrations, "mainly from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa" fromthe war. Large coloured fold-out map to front. Overall condition good, due to condition of covers. Without jacket. Very heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Volume I & II (Complete), Volume I - some wear to covers and spines, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, spine and edges of cover faded, surface of cover patchy and faded, a few small marks and stains, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear. Volume II - some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and a little worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear. The price includes postage and packing to a UK Mainland address, due to the weight (4.5kg) there will be an additional charge to everywhere else, please ask for a quote.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. contains 15 magazines from number one to fifteen all with covers priced at 6d each loosely inserted in official decorative binding including large coloured map in magazine one. one large over sized paper sheet, folded and containing uncut four pages showing the title page,preface and contents page. this is as original you can get before going to the binders to be bound with the magazines covers taken off and the large sheet cut into 4 pages. VERY HEAVY BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Volume I & II (Complete), 1/4 Leather, some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, surface of leather a little worn on corners of volume I, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear. The price includes postage and packing to a UK Mainland address, due to the weight (4.7kg) there will be an additional charge to everywhere else, please ask for a quote.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Impression. Demy folio, [32.5cm/13inches], full gilt & ebony-embossed sanguinary-red cloth sans dust jacket, pp. vii, 367-716, indexed. Illustrated mainly from authentic sketches, maps and b-w halftone photographs taken during the war. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Wilson(1866 - 1940), was aBritishjournalistand naval historian. According to the memoirs of his brother G. H. Wilson, editor of theCape Times, H. W. Wilson was "chief leader writer" and assistant editor of theDaily Mailfrom 1898 until his death during 1940.According to the newspaper's owner,Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Wilson was the "mental backbone of the newspaper". From 1914 to 1919, Wilson was joint editor withJohn Alexander Hammertonof the periodicalThe Great War: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict, published by theAmalgamated Press. The first volume was largely concerned with justifying Britain's entry into the war, and with encouraging the British people to sign up and fight. In its entirety, it ran to 13 volumes. In exceptionally good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Volumes I & II - Complete with Maps. For books of this age the Books are in Good Condition. Usual issues with older books - Boards with edge and corner wear, fading, rubbing, marks. Inside covers and endpapers with discolouration and a few foxing type marks. Some pages with foxing type marks/patches. Top and Fore Edge with age related discolouration. A touch of age-tanning to edge of pages. **4686g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good plus 3 volumes of 4 only. (Missing vOL 2 OF THE GUERILLA WAR.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1900/1901. First Edition. Two Volumes. Large Quarto's. 26cm x 33cm approx. viii, 364pp & viii, 368-716pp. Extensively illustrated, including folding map in volume II. Uniform in publisher's cloth, decorative titles. A little mottling/soiling to extremities. Bindings square and firm. Generally clean and bright within. A 'Very Good+' set.

Condition: Good. Red cloth decorative boards with gilt and black decoration and gilt lettering to spine. Boards and blotched and the edges are bumped and worn. Pages are age-tanned but clean. Bindings are tight, slightly cocked. Illustrated with photographs and sketches. Pull out maps. These volumes are heavy, please enquire about postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Name And Date (1900) On Front Enpaper; Otherwise Unmarked. Paper Hinges As Voth Front And Back Partly Split, But Binding Holds. One Inch Nick To Head Of Spine But Very Little Wear Or Bumping To Bevelled And Decorated Red Boards. Folded Map Attached To Inside Back Boardis Fully Intact With No Tears, Though About 3Mm Of It Extends Beyond The Bottom Page Block. Photos Available On Request. Tyhis Heavy Volume Will Incur Extra Postage Abroad.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1900-01. Volume 1: viii, 364pp, with dozens of black and white photographs and illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt text and black design on spine and gilt text plus black and gilt designs on front, bevelled edges. Folio. Spine rubbed at both ends, cloth slightly torn. Corners turned in with bottom rear being quite bad; cloth worn through. A little loose. Previous owner's name and another owner's stamp on front free end paper. Very, very mild foxing to prelim pages. Otherwise, clean and clear. Volume 2: viii, 366-716pp, with dozens of black and white photographs and illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt text and black design on spine and gilt text plus black and gilt designs on front, bevelled edges. Spine rubbed at both ends, cloth slightly torn. Corners turned in with rear corners worth; cloth worn through. A little loose. Previous owner's stamp on front free end paper. Very, very mild foxing to prelim pages. Otherwise, clean and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Red cloth; black and gilt blindstamped lettering, decoration, and cover illustration; beveled edges. Copiously illustrated, in black-and-white, "mainly from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa." Large folding map with Contents pages. With laid-in prior owner list describing repairs needed to various pages. Folding map and small closed tears at base of four other pages were subsequently neatly and carefully repaired with clear tape; tape is now discolored but intact. Moderate rubbing to cover extremities, with most wear to spine tips. Spine moderately sunned. Two tiny water spots to lower front board alongside gutter. Otherwise clean, tight, and unworn. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good. 2 volumes complete. Covers rubbed and a little frayed. Paper separation at gutters in vol.1. Generally fair to good condition. Photos available on request. viii, 364pp & viii, 365-716pp, b/w photos, maps, foldouts. 1900/1901. Previous owner's dedication inside cover (dated January 1903) Size: 13" x 10" (34x26cm). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bindings of these two volumes do not match. Volume I (1900) textured leather; raised bands on spine; gilt spine lettering & band decoration; folding map in rear; Good + Volume II (1901) three-quarter leather over brown cloth; gilt title, flag, and decoration to front board; gilt spine lettering; folding map in front. Exterior Fair, Interior Good + Both copiously illustrated, in black-and-white, "mainly from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa." Moderate wear to extremities of Volume I. Volume II missing upper 4" of spine amd with two additional horizontal tears below title; corners heavily rubbed and with some loss of leather. Front endpaper of both volumes moderately browned (?cause). Upper front corner front endpaper of Volume I is clipped. Interior text and maps of both are clean and intact with only faint wear.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A touch faded at the spine of both volumes. A little spotting to the upper board of volume I, single white dot to the upper board of volume II.; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 4.9kg. overseas shipping will be with ParcelForce, additional postage will be requested. Within the UK I will request £15.00 to send it along, also by ParcelForce. ### Hardback. Bevelled Illustrated Red boards with gilt & black titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 13" x 10" (4.9 kg); pp (viii/viii) 716; Index; Includes: Sketches; Black & white photographs; Maps; Fold-out maps; Frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #188448 ||.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Volume 2. Slightly dampstained. Hinges cracked. Stamped on inside. Folded map torn out (torn across map panel) and laid in. (Boer War, South Africa, History) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A richly illustrated four-volume history of the Boer War. The first edition. Complete in four volumes.In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding.A comprehensive history of the Boer War, fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics, written and published directly after its occurrence.'With the Flag to Pretoria' is in two volumes and 'After Pretoria: The Guerilla War' is the supplement also in two volumes.Written by Herbert Wrigley Wilson, a British journalist and naval historian, who saw the importance of documenting historical events as they were happening.Includes many illustrations throughout based from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa. With a folding map to 'With the Flag' Vol I. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Externally, rubbing, bumping and marks to the extremities. Spines are discoloured, with backstrip coming away and tender hinges to Vol II of 'With the Flag'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with minor offsetting to the endpapers and the occasional spot. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Condition: ACCEPTABLE. Dust Jacket Condition: NONE. PLEASE NOTE: VOLUME II ONLY; mostly clean, unmarked, tight pages with a few small stains and light tanning on edges; flyleaves and last Index page are tanned; half title page is soiled; binding is cracking at pp. 388/389; text block is detached from cover, which is sturdy but has some stains, tanning, worn corners, fraying at ends of spine, and a little edge wear; sorry, no international or expedited shipping.

viii + viii + 716pp. 2 folding maps, profusely ills. Light age toning, modern e.ps., rebound in navy modern half leather with cloth boards, gilt lettered original? label to spines. US$74.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. No dust jacket as issued, Good condition red embossed cloth covered hardboards, with black and gilt title on front and spine, corners bumped and rubbed, bottom and top of spine rubbed, title on spine faded, a few small liquid spots on front cover, owner's name lightly incribed on pastedown, clean very well preserved text, tight binding, 26cm x 33cm, pp.365-716, $45.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated study on the Boer War, a detailed history of the conflict by Herbert Wrigley Wilson. The first edition.Complete in two volumes, two supplemental volumes were publisher later, titled 'After Pretoria'.A comprehensive work on the Boer War, a detailed history on the conflict published in the midst of the war, after the end of the second phase. The work begins with a discussion on the history of conflict in South Africa from 1652, moving on to the Boer conflict itself, focusing from September 1899 to the 29th September 1900.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and many in-text illustrations throughout.Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and many in-text illustrations throughout.Many of the illustrations for this work were taken from photographs and sketches taken in South Africa,By Herbert Wrigley Wilson, who is also known for his expansive periodical 'The Great War'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Joints are a little torn, heavier to the head of the front joints. Bumping and a small amount of loss to the head of the spines, heavier to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spines, a little heavier to the front board of Volume II. Spines are faded, heavier fading to Volume II. Front hinge of Volume I is a little strained, rear hinge is starting. Front hinge of Volume II is starting but firm, rear hinge is strained. Internally, generally firmy bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional scattered spot. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. The Amalgamated Press January 1902 Binding: Hardcover.

Cloth binding, 33 cm, 716 / 1008. Ills.: black and white illustrations. The complete set in 4 volumes. Cond.: goed / good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Two volumes in one. X-Library copy (Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT). A VERY GOOD, clean, tight copy with clean interior and the two original-issue fold-out color maps. Burnt orange cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spine (appears to have been rebound). Vol. 1title and Contents pages missing. 716 total pages. NOTE: Due to oversize and over 9 lb. shipping weight of the book, quite significant additional shipping cost will be requested/required for EXPEDITED and OUT-OF-U.S. shipment. C.