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[AVIATION -- WORLD WAR I ZEPPELINS]. HEARNE, RP R PBiblio.com

Zeppelins and super-Zeppelins. . . .

[Boer War Broadside]Biblio.com

Lord Methuen's Operations. A Most Successful March! Wolmaransstad & Hartebeestfontein Taken. 5000 Cattle and 15000 Sheep Captured! Battle of Hartebeestfontein Poort! A Stubborn Fight! drop-title

1901102679Klerksdorp Transvaal: Printed by H.M. Guest Printer Bookseller and Stationer 'Mining Record' Office 1901. Very Good. Klerksdorp Transvaal Printed by H.M. Guest Printer Bookseller and Stationer 'Mining Record' Office 3 March 1901. A broadside printed on acidic newsprint recto only approximately 440 × 285 mm. Lightly creased where once folded with trifling chips to some edges but overall in excellent condition recently mounted on archival tissue for lasting stability and housed in a Mylar sleeve with a loose acid-free backing board for support. The 'Hobart Mercury' 18 April 1901 reprints the text of this broadside in its entirety with the following informative introductory paragraph: 'The "Mining Record" published at Klerksdorp Transvaal issued the following "Extra" on the 3rd of March last:- The First Tasmanian Bushmen took part in the fight at Hartebeestfontein Poort and got through without any casualties'. The headline action took place on 18 February 'after a march of a fortnight and fighting almost every day'. The second paragraph gives details of a sharp skirmish in thick bush at Uitval's Kop on 3 February. 'The Boers laid in wait in the bush and the troops had to clear the position which they did in a most gallant manner. The Boers were in front and on the flanks in force. After some sharp fighting the Boers retired our loss being one South Australian killed and five Bushmen and two South Australians wounded among the latter being Lieut. Dempsey'. These casualties were members of the 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent; the soldier killed was 34 Corporal C.W.B. Currie. Printed by H.M. Guest, Printer, Bookseller and Stationer, 'Mining Record' Office unknown

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[Boer War]Biblio.com

A collection of 132 stereo photographs relating to the Second Boer War published between 1900 and 1902

1900144708New York: Underwood & Underwood; Chicago H.C. White Co.; London Erdmann & Schanz; Meadville Keystone View Company; and London Fine Art Photographers' Publishing Co 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. New York Underwood & Underwood; Chicago H.C. White Co.; London Erdmann & Schanz; Meadville Keystone View Company; and London Fine Art Photographers' Publishing Co. 1900 to 1902. The pairs of images are approximately 80 × 77 mm each top corners rounded laid down on printed cards approximately 88 × 177 mm. All have captions or titles on the rectos and many have descriptive text on the versos. A few minor signs of age and handling; one card with an unobtrusive ink stamp; overall in near-fine condition. Each card comes in a glassine sleeve some slightly torn and the collection is now housed in two custom-made cloth-covered boxes. The stereo views depict scenes from some of the most important campaigns of the war including Ladysmith Colenso Modder River Kimberley Spion Kop and Pretoria troop movements and positions commanders from both sides including Roberts Kitchener Baden-Powell French Botha de Wet and de la Rey and the daily life of soldiers. Of specific interest are cards showing colonial units three Australian four Canadian one New Zealand prisoners of war battle scenes some appear to be staged surveillance from hot air balloons signals units railway engineering hospitals and wounded soldiers and dead soldiers and war graves. The views were published by: Underwood & Underwood New York 89 cards; H.C. White Co. Chicago 30 cards; Erdmann & Schanz London 9 cards; Keystone View Company Meadville 3 cards; and the Fine Art Photographers' Publishing Co. London 1 card. 132 items. Underwood & Underwood; Chicago, H.C. White Co.; London, Erdmann & Schanz; Meadville, Keystone View Company; and London, Fine Art hardcover

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[Boer War] ['The Mafeking Mail']. WHALES, GNH (editor) G N HBiblio.com

A substantial run of 111 issues of the Special Siege Edition and Special Siege Slips of 'The Mafeking Mail' from Number 1 1 November 1899 to Number 148 23 May 1900 the first issue after the end of the siege with impeccable provenance

1899142162Mafeking: Townshend & Son 1899. Mafeking Townshend & Son 1899 and 1900. 111 issues various sizes see below printed on paper of many different colours and of varying quality often poor with 43 printed as a broadsheet the balance printed recto and verso with three early numbers folded and issued as bifolia. Unbound as issued; some loss primarily owing to the poor quality of some of the paper; however these extraordinary artefacts produced under siege conditions are of the utmost rarity in any condition. All issues in this run are now housed in individual Mylar pockets sealed on two sides only for easy access. A detailed list including the number date colour of paper length and condition of each issue is included with the lot. Dr Robin Pelteret has published his impressive research notes on 'The Mafeking Mail Special Siege Slips' online. He sets the scene: 'Mafeking lies 1392 kilometres north of Cape Town and 298 kilometres west of Johannesburg. It was first settled in the early 1850s. From the early 1860s it became a centre of squabbling and outright fighting between the Transvaal Republic the Baralong the Goshen Republic the British South Africa Company and the British Empire. By the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War it was a robust "dorp" with some 1500 European citizens a group of Indian and oriental background and 5000 Baralong. It was a major rail junction with a station and railway workshops; a significant commercial centre and boasted a number of substantial buildings including two schools two churches a Standard Bank a Masonic Lodge a newspaper building a public library the Victoria Hospital and St Joseph's Convent Irish Sisters of Mercy. The Siege of Mafeking was conducted between 14 October 1899 and 17 May 1900 that is 217 days and began 3 days after the declaration of war by the Transvaal Republic. It involved British and Colonial Forces under the command of Brevet-Colonel Robert Stephenson Smythe Baden-Powell the besieged and Boer Forces ab initio under the command General Piet Arnoldus Cronje and later Kommandant Sarel Eloff the besiegers'. The precursor to the siege issues of 'The Mafeking Mail' was the 'Mafeking Mail and Protectorate Guardian' in its infancy when the siege was imposed. Number 22 the last full edition was published on Saturday 14 October 1899 the first day of the siege; a Special Siege Edition Number 23 was dated Saturday 21 October 1899 but headed 'reprinted on 23 October 1899'. On 1 November 1899 a fortnight after the beginning of the siege the first of the famous siege issues was published 'Issued Daily Shells Permitting. Only Terms One Shilling Per Week Payable in Advance'. 'They were to be numbered 1 to 152 of which 143 minus Numbers 45 and 56 appeared during the actual siege. The newspaper contained snippets of information - both parochial and national General Orders and advertisements. Actually we have found them to be far more dramatic and engaging than this bland description implies especially reading these issues that were purchased day by day during the siege and have survived to this day. However we digress . In Mafeking there was to exist a fragile peace between the publisher and editor of the "Mafeking Mail Special Siege Slip" G.H.N. Whales and the military authorities. Whales was somewhat acerbic of tongue. He once publicly thanked the press censor for saving his life a boer shell having destroyed his editorial chair whilst he was submitting his newspaper copy for military scrutiny elsewhere in the village. He was to be briefly imprisoned on one occasion for publishing querulous criticism on the conduct of the siege and the restrictions put on the availability of news. In protest he was known to publish empty columns No. 47 and indeed cancelled one whole edition No. 45 as visible disregard and mute testimony to the censor's liberal use of a blue pencil.' Dr Pelteret has established 'there are three different printings which appeared as four "editions"'. He surmises that by the time Number 6 came to press 'the commercial value to the printers of "The Mafeking Mail Siege Slips" had been discerned . and a substantial "overrun" allowed and set aside for later sale'. Indeed in Number 151 dated 30 May 1900 'there was an offer to make up sets at 30/- each of the Nos. 1-147 for "delivery July next" . They were issued soon after the lifting of the siege . cardboard-bound into two books of differing sizes and held together with metal staples'. The current run comprises Numbers 1 and 2 both second issue 'on sale soon after 22 November 1899' 6 with the word 'Only' in the masthead 7-8 10-60 but 45 and 56 were not published 62-68 70 77-79 83-84 97-98 100 102 104 106 107-109 111-127 129-141 and 144-148. Sizes vary considerably: the first 30 or so are approximately 380 × 255 mm; most of the last 40 or so are approximately 340 × 200 mm; for the rest they range from one issue at 255 × 155 mm to several at 375 × 500 mm. There are easily ten different colours of paper often acidic and now prone to brittleness; a handful have peen printed on recycled ledger paper pre-printed with columns in red or blue. 'Petticoat in Mafeking. The Letters of Ada Cock' edited and published by John F. Midgley Kommetjie 1974 contains 57 letters now extensively annotated written during the siege. The letters 'were addressed to her elder sister Emily Empy Fuller née Franklin. Emily's husband Harry James Fuller was the owner of the cattle ranch "Oaklands" which was situated a few miles outside of Mafeking and was managed by his brother-in-law Willie Cock Ada's husband. Under the threat of possibly hostilities Willie and his wife moved into Mafeking and its environs with all their stock at the beginning of October 1899. They also took with them four young children Eileen Tooky Liell Vaughan and Baby Ada' introduction page 1. In the earliest surviving letter dated 12 October Ada writes that 'Willie . will . join the B.R. Bechuanaland Rifles' page 23. The basic pencil drawings of several cannon one labelled a '9PR' on the partially blank verso of Number 21 Wednesday 29 November and the blank verso of Number 22 Thursday 30 November are possibly in his hand. Provenance: William and Ada Cock; by descent through their son Alfred Vaughan Cock to their great-grandson the vendor. 111 items. Townshend & Son unknown

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[Boer War]. COOKE, Harry ErnestBiblio.com

An interesting eight-page letter from 96 Trooper Henry Ernest Cooke Victorian Mounted Rifles Maitland Camp Cape Town 22 June 1900 complete with the original OAS cover

117311Very Good. Octavo 8 pages two bifolia. The letter is creased where folded for posting; in excellent condition. The cover has a Cape of Good Hope 1d stamp with a partial and indistinct postmark; the verso is postmarked Melbourne 30 July 1900 and Hawthorn on the same day. The cover is chipped and torn with minor loss to the rear flap. The letter comes 'From No. 96 VMR on active Service South Africa' and is addressed to his cousin Miss E. Kirwood Eva in Glenferrie Victoria. After he deals at length with the squabbles over the fate of some stamps he had sent he explains in even greater detail what occurred to him after he 'got the Fever' at Kroonstad. He was in hospital for a fortnight in Bloemfontein where he 'lived on five pints of condensed milk & water & 5 ozs of brandy a day & I got pretty thin & weak on that'. He was then sent to a convalescent hospital at Wynberg. 'I was glad to leave Bloemfontein for men were dying fast every day & the hospital I was in was overlooking the cemetary & one could never look at the place but what he could see a lot of niggers digging graves as fast as ever they could . Eva I was not affraid to die by a bullet from a rifle but to lay there & die from that miserable fever I dreaded the thought of it'. Wynburg was 'a grand place only 22 of us to a ward & on spring beds & everything kept quiet & clean as a new pin'. He is then sent to Maitland Camp and 'what a difference . it was 120 of us laying on the floor as thick as it was possible for us to lay All Australians & New Zealanders in one room & there was no one in charge & it was nothing but one constant din . I couldn't stand it at all'. Conditions improved then worsened; he was told he was going home then not; he was put on what the doctor 'calls "Light Duties" . he won't send us back to the Regiment but we have to go fooling round this camp'. A dozen of them had to put stones around the paths at the camp then they had to paint them white 'Oh by jove "Talk about a fancy Ball" . I am beginning to think I am a poor fighting cock now'. The last two pages contain a lot of these sorts of ruminations. Murray page 315 687 Private Harry Ernest Cooke in 'The Second Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Victorian Units'. unknown

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[Boer War]. METHUEN, Lieutenant General LordBiblio.com

Klipdrift. Capture of Lord Methuen drop title

1902121029Klerksdorp: Printed and Published by H.M. Guest 1902. Very Good. Klerksdorp Printed and Published by H.M. Guest 1902. Octavo 225 × 137 mm 8 pages; the last five pages reprint 'Lord Methuen's Official Despatch . Klerksdorp 13th March 1902'. One large sheet issued folded and uncut now opened a little inexpertly with minor marginal loss to one top edge; outer hinge split for most of its length; small puncture in the top left-hand corner; trifling signs of use and age; a very good copy. 'In the Battle of Tweebosch or De Klipdrift on 7 March 1902 a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final months of the Second Boer War. De la Rey ambushed Methuen's column at Tweebosch on the Little Harts River. The British force numbered 1250 including nearly 1000 mounted men and four guns. Methuen's force was largely made up of green troops; these panicked and fled or surrendered. Only the British regulars in the column fought stubbornly in the combat which lasted from dawn until 9:30 am. The British lost 200 killed and wounded plus 600 men and all four guns captured. After being wounded twice and suffering a broken leg when his horse fell on him Methuen was captured. De la Rey sent the wounded Methuen to a British hospital in his own carriage under a flag of truce' Wikipedia. The hospital was in Klerksdorp where Herbert Guest the enterprising local 'Printer and Publisher Bookseller Stationer etc.' was based; we presume the publication and the initial three-page account of the battle and its aftermath are his work. The last paragraph of that section was written after 'the declaration of peace' 31 May 1902. In 1939 Herman Guest the publisher's son had some of these original Klerksdorp printings bound up and issued with a new foreword telling the story of the production of his father's 'records of the campaign in the Western Transvaal and elsewhere. It will be realized that the accounts were written during times of stress and consequently some of the statements have an "ex parte" complexion. Their value . lies in the fact that they were written and produced when Klerksdorp was practically in a state of siege. The inhabitants were unable to proceed a mile in any direction from the market square and the one railway line although closely guarded was frequently disturbed by Boers'. Provenance: a Western Australian member of the 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. Printed and Published by H.M. Guest unknown

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[Boer War]. NORWELL, James ProctorBiblio.com

Snap Shots from the Front by J.P.N. cover title of an album of Boer War photographs

135819First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. An album 209 × 236 mm containing 199 gelatin silver photographs loosely inserted behind window mounts visible image size 51 × 77 mm four to a page on both sides of 25 card leaves; almost all of them have a small printed caption numbered 1-200 neatly trimmed and mounted on slips of paper loosely inserted in a small window below each photograph. One caption is in pencil a handful don't have captions; some have additional information supplied in pencil; there are numerous dates from Number 1 to 156 5 February to 13 October 1900 and Number 191 is dated 3 January 1901. Nine photographs between numbers 9 and 44 are out of order but all are present; number 111 is the only blank space in the album. Contemporary half leather and cloth worn at the corners with the spine broken and lacking sections; album broken near the centre damaging two window mounts easily repaired; all blemishes are confined to the album and the contents are in excellent condition. The album was compiled by a Dundee volunteer 8934 Private James Proctor Norwell 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal Highlanders Black Watch; the commanding officer was 7727 Lieutenant Alistair Valentine. The first dozen starting with '1. Cleaning Rifles. Perth Ranges' in the snow were taken before Cape Town was reached. The rest were taken in the field; apart from photographs of Indigenous people mainly Basutos and rough camp life there are many graphic images of battle and its aftermath: '15. Cronje's Guns captured at Paardeberg'; '18. An Officer's Funeral'; '33. Group of 1st Section two members of which have since died'; '40. Stretcher Bearers ready for Service'; '61. Preparing for Action - pipes and drums to the rear'; '64. Bringing in Boer Prisoners'; '68. Hector Macdonald giving Orders to carry the Position at Retief's Nek'; '73. Sniping from behind Ant Heap'; '104. Lieutenant Valentine's Mess Room Valentine Kop'; '117. Bringing the Guns into Action Retief's Nek'; '120. Resting after taking Honing Kop'; '124. The Fate of a Spy' and '168. His Last Day' both gallows scenes; '126. Kaffir Prisoners'; '130. Boer Commando in Kroonstadt'; '137. Lieutenant Smith - wounded at Retrief's sic Nek'; '153. Hector and his Staff entering Heilbron'; '159. Boer Prisoners at Schoolhouse De Aar'; '184. One of the 1st V.B.R.H. after 13 months' campaign'; and '192. Cookhouse and Mess Room Swaartlaagte'. Two on the last page are captioned 'St. Vincent - on our way home'. hardcover

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[Boer War]. GUEST, Herbert MelvilleBiblio.com

Speech by the Right Honourable R. Seddon Premier sic of New Zealand. Hon. Seddon's Speech cover title

1902121030Klerksdorp: H.M. Guest Printer and Publisher Bookseller Stationer etc. 1902. Very Good. Klerksdorp H.M. Guest Printer and Publisher Bookseller Stationer etc. 1902. Tall octavo 253 × 160 mm 4 pages a bifolium. Some marginal creases; two puncture marks near the top left-hand corner; a very good copy. The position of prime minister in New Zealand was known as premier until 1907. Robert Seddon 1845-1906 was premier from 1893; he died in office. He 'attracted much publicity for his outspokenness about the South African war: he visited South Africa in 1902 at General Kitchener's invitation. He was increasingly ready to arouse and exploit popular nationalism' 'Dictionary of New Zealand Biography'. The speech was 'Delivered at a Dinner given in his honour by the Public Bodies of Johannesburg during his recent visit' en route to the 1902 Colonial Conference in London held on the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII. The conference opened on 30 June 1902. In 1939 Herman Guest the publisher's son had some of these original Klerksdorp printings bound up and issued with a new foreword telling the story of the production of his father's 'records of the campaign in the Western Transvaal and elsewhere. It will be realized that the accounts were written during times of stress and consequently some of the statements have an "ex parte" complexion. Their value . lies in the fact that they were written and produced when Klerksdorp was practically in a state of siege. The inhabitants were unable to proceed a mile in any direction from the market square and the one railway line although closely guarded was frequently disturbed by Boers'. Provenance: a Western Australian member of the 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. H.M. Guest, Printer and Publisher, Bookseller, Stationer, etc. unknown

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[Boer War]. GUEST, Herbert MelvilleBiblio.com

The Anglo-Boer War. No. 8. After De la Rey

1902121026Klerksdorp: H.M. Guest Printer Publisher Stationer Bookseller etc. 1902. Very Good. Klerksdorp H.M. Guest Printer Publisher Stationer Bookseller etc. 1902. Octavo 228 × 142 mm 8 pages including the publisher's advertisement on the last page but pages 2 and 7 are blank. One large sheet folded but uncut and unopened as issued; small puncture in the top left-hand corner; bottom margins of the first and last leaves slightly chipped and creased; in very good condition. 'The operations against the Boers in the neighbourhood of Klerksdorp which were begun on Sunday night March 23rd 1902 were very cleverly conceived and executed. The object of the operations was to form a long line of mounted men with the left on the Lichtenburg blockhouse and its right on the Vaal River and to work against the line of blockhouses' opening paragraph. Guest's account of this epic drive against De la Rey the Boers' commander in the Western Transvaal during which the troops made a round trip of 80 miles in 24 hours was written and printed in Klerksdorp soon after the event. In 1939 Herman Guest the publisher's son had some of these original Klerksdorp printings bound up and issued with a new foreword telling the story of the production of his father's 'records of the campaign in the Western Transvaal and elsewhere. It will be realized that the accounts were written during times of stress and consequently some of the statements have an "ex parte" complexion. Their value . lies in the fact that they were written and produced when Klerksdorp was practically in a state of siege. The inhabitants were unable to proceed a mile in any direction from the market square and the one railway line although closely guarded was frequently disturbed by Boers'. Provenance: a Western Australian member of the 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. H.M. Guest, Printer, Publisher, Stationer, Bookseller, etc. unknown

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[Boer War]. GUEST, Herbert MelvilleBiblio.com

The Anglo-Boer War. Vicissitudes of a Transvaal Dorp. Klerksdorp

1901121033Klerksdorp: Printed and Published by H.M. Guest 'Mining Record' Office 1901. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Klerksdorp Printed and Published by H.M. Guest 'Mining Record' Office 31 July 1901 second edition/ June 1901 the date 31 May appears at the end of the section on the 'Second British Occupation' in the second edition. Octavo 45 3 'The Town Guard' 'Local Boer Losses' publisher's advertisements pages. Tan hessian-patterned decorated wrappers; rear cover a little marked; small hole punched in the top left-hand corner of the entire pamphlet; trifling signs of use and age; an excellent copy. 'Second Edition' appears on the front wrapper page 5 is 'Some Press Notices' of the first edition and page 34 is a lengthy 'Addendum to the Second Edition'. The short introduction states that the 'information is derived from Diaries kept by residents the personal communications of Dutch and English people who remained during the War and the details of the first British occupation from some of the principal actors'. The list of Klerksdorpians on active service with the British forces runs to four pages. In 1939 Herman Guest the publisher's son had some of these original Klerksdorp printings bound up and issued with a new foreword telling the story of the production of his father's 'records of the campaign in the Western Transvaal and elsewhere. It will be realized that the accounts were written during times of stress and consequently some of the statements have an "ex parte" complexion. Their value . lies in the fact that they were written and produced when Klerksdorp was practically in a state of siege. The inhabitants were unable to proceed a mile in any direction from the market square and the one railway line although closely guarded was frequently disturbed by Boers'. Provenance: a Western Australian member of the 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. Printed and Published by H.M. Guest, 'Mining Record' Office paperback

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