Books relating to

THE BOER WAR

SONGS OF THE SWORD AND THE SOLDIER . Ed. A EAGAR. 1901.
Original pictorial cloth a little marked & rubbed. Inscription on front end paper. £50.00

A VOLUNTEER HAVERSACK . Ed. A STODART WALKER . 1902.
Contains contributions by writers to the Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade:
The Royal Scots:- Quiller-Couch, R Bridges, R Garnett, A C Benson, E Gosse,
G K Chesterton, I Zangwill, A Symons, L Housman, L Binyon, R Buchanan,
E Phillpotts, J Davidson, N Gale, C Kernahan, Canon Rawnsley, etc.
White vellum covers a little dusty otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce. £85.00

WAR SONGS OF BRITAIN . Ed. HAROLD BUTLER. 1903.
"A record of the war of Britain as sung by her poets. " (W Cowper, T L Peacock,T Gray,
Shakespeare, Walter Scott, M Drayton, A Cunningham, etc.) £10.00

TRUE TO THE FLAG . Soldiers' Poems. Ed. E C OMMANNEY. 1904.
Original wraps very slightly frayed. Name on front end paper.
(Browning, W Henley, R Kipling, H Begbie, T Campbell , H Newbolt,
J G Whittier , Macaulay.) £15.00

SOME VOLUNTEER VERSE . Ed. Rigby WASON. 1905. Privately Printed.
Contains verse written at the time of the Boer War by Owen Seaman, Brickdale,
Lloyd, Morris, Norton.) Name on front end paper. £16.00

THE FLAG . Ed. H E TRIPPEL . 1907. (Conan Doyle-The Grey Dress - 2pp previously unpublished; G Meredith, W S Gilbert, R Kipling, A Austen, E Wallace,
W W Jacobs, R Hichens, W Pett Ridge, M Corelli, etc.)
Original wraps frayed & dusty otherwise very good.
Illustrated both in colour & black & white. 116pp. £30.00

DER SOLDAT . 1909. Germany . Kulturbilder aus dem Simplicissimus.
Original stiff pictorial wraps. All 50 plates are accompanied by satirical or
humorous captions or poems. Uncommon. £65.00

ALLAN, William. SONGS OF LOVE AND LABOUR . 1903. Slight foxing.
Contains a section on "Love & War" with other military poems. £40.00

AMES, Ernest. THE TREMENDOUS TWINS or How The Boers Were Beaten. 1900. 2 nd Edn. Illustrated by Mrs E Ames.
Covers a little worn. Corners bumped. £120.00

LEWIS, Caroline. CLARA IN BLUNDERLAND. 1902. Dedicated to the Memory of Lewis Carroll to whom the author is as much indebted for the text as the illustrator to Sir John Tenniel for the ensuing parodies of his perfect pictures..
40 illustrations by S.R. A Satire on Politicians- Boer War. 8x6 1/2. £35.00

CHALMERS, E G. POEMS:BY REQUEST & OTHERWISE . (1903)
Poems on David Livingstone, Soldiers in South Africa , Death of Queen Victoria ,
poems relating to the Boer War.
Loosely inserted is aTscript & hand written poem by Author dated 1912. £25.00

CLOETE, Stuart. RAGS OF GLORY. 1963. Dw torn & frayed.
A Novel of the Boer War; with appendices & bibliography. Obituary laid in. £12.00

DIXON , Clive M,Captain. THE LEAGUER OF LADYSMITH . 1900.
Nov 2 nd 1899 to Feb 28 th 1900. Full page coloured illustrations, done
"as a souvenir of a somewhat trying four months, " with facing comments.
(Rather derogatory towards the Boers!) Contemporary inscription on front end paper. Corners a little bumped but otherwise in a remarkably good state. £50.00

DUNNE, F P. MR DOOLEY IN PEA CE AND IN WAR . 1899. Grant Richards.
The first in this "Mr Dooley" Series. Covers a little dust soiled. £16.00

EARLE, Walter. FIVE PATRIOT SONGS . 1900. Original pictorial wraps. £16.00

GRAY, Maxwell. ENGLAND 'S SON AND OTHER POEMS . 1910.
Inscription on title page. Original gilt decorated cloth. £16.00

HENLEY, W E. FOR ENGLAND 'S SAKE. 1900. Verse and Songs in Time of War.
Gilt lettering. Inscription on fep. Original wraps very slightly frayed owvg.
12pp, at rear with list of author's books & reviews of his work. £8.00

HOWORTH, G E. WAR AND OTHER POEMS . 1904. Original cloth gilt.
The war referred to being the war in Heaven-ie between the forces of good & evil. Excellent condition with errata slip. 140pp £8.00

JACOB, D Morrison. THE WHITE PATROL. 1940. South African & Other Poems.
Some poems refer to Boer War. £8.00

KIPLING, Rudyard. A FLEET IN BEING. 1898.
Pictorial covers a little stained. £12.00

KIPLING, Rudyard. THE FIVE NATIONS . 1903. Name on front end paper. Slight foxing of prelims. £5.00

KIPLING, Rudyard. THE FIVE NATIONS . 1903. Tauchnitz. 1 st issue.
Original wraps very slightly frayed. £5.00

NEWBOLT, Henry. COLLECTED POEMS .1897-1907. nd. Dw frayed & torn.
Contains a large number of war & military poems. £8.00

RAWNSLEY, H D. BALLADS OF THE WAR . 1900. Original wraps.
Name on front end paper. £30.00

SMITH, M van WYK. DRUMMER HODGE . 1978. Dw.
The Poetry of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Illustrated. £6.00

STIBBONS, Frederick. THRO' WINDOWS OF THE SOUL . 1911.
Tape of blind library stamp on title page. 3 poems relating to Boer War. £6.00

STONES, J W. " FOR ENGLAND , HOME AND DUTY " & other Patriotic & Topical Poems. 1909. Privately Printed. Original wraps.
(Poems on For England , Home & Duty, Manchester War Memorial, Trafalga,
Honour to the Brave, Togo 's Heroes, England& France, Hall Road Disaster, etc.) Stitching loose otherwise very good.
Loosely inserted poem, "England Expects" by J W S. £16.00

TAYLOR, Frank. THE GALLANT WAY . 1913. Dw frayed.
R N Green-Armitages's copy with his signature on front end paper. £20.00

TROOPER, An Old. BATTLEFIELD FRAGMENTS and Other Poems. 1913. £20.00

TODD, Pamela & D FORDHAM. PRIVATE TUCKER'S BOER WAR DIARY . 1980. Dw. The Transvaal War. Small stain on title page. Illustrated. £6.00

WATT, L Maclean. THE GREY MOTHER & Other Poems Being Songs Of Empire. 1903. £18.00

WATSON, William. FOR ENGLAND . 1904.
Name & date (1903) on front end paper. £10.00

THE THRUSH . Ed T MULLETT ELLIS. 1901.
A Book of Original Poems inspired by several important Public Events, The Boer War,
Queen Victoria 's Death, President McKinley's Assassination, etc.
(N Carruthers Gould, W E Henley, M Sackville, A P Graves, V Plarr,
A C Benson, N Gale, A Symons, R Garnett, G Agnew, H Begbie,
L Alma Tadema, Lord Lytton, G Murray, H Roberts, C W Wynne. Etc.)
Original cloth decorated in gilt.
Front end paper split at bottom 2" otherwise in excellent condition. £35.00

THE THRUSH . 1901. Feb. No.2. Issue mainly devoted to Queen Victoria 's death.
Poems by C W Wynne, A P Graves, Mackenzie Bell, F Prevost, K Howard,
T M Ellis, E H Withers & H Begbie contributing a poem on Kitchener.
Original wraps complete with black ribbon. £30.00

FELDMAN'S 5TH COMIC ANNUAL with tonic sol-fa setting.
Proceeds for the Benfit of the "Daily Mail" (Boer) War Fund.
Contents include "The Absent-Minded Beggar by Kipling; Our Brave Soldier Lads,
In The Navy, Why, Boys, Why, etc. Original wraps a little frayed on the spine. £16.00