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ROBINSON, JANE MARCHESE: : TRACING YOUR BOER WAR ANCESTORS: SOLDIERS OF A FORGOTTEN WAR

UK.BARNSLEY,SOUTH YORKSHIRE.PEN & SWORD FAMILY HSTORY,2016.

ISBN 1473822424.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,illustrated,1st edn.FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-removal from card covers.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, b/w+sepia montage'd portrait+scenic photographic illustrated front cover with capitalised black+ dark grey-lettered title+sub-title and capitalised,black-lettered author name; spine/ backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered part-title and author name,and publisher's black lettered and b/w illustrated name/colophon to foot of same,rear cover with dark green background and white lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and NO reading creases to spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread other than my own collation.UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn,viipp+1- 183pp [paginated] includes a dedication,author's Foreword,10 chapters and an Afterword, 8pp historical b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp88/89,a last section on Looking for Your Boer War ancestors before Acknowledgements,Notes,a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a Contents list/table with a Plates list/table to its reverse.          Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature,i.e. an ephemeral softback.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                The Boer War took place between 1899 and 1902, just 15 years before the start of the First World War.Some 180,00 Britons, mainly volunteers,traveled 6,000 miles to fight and die in boiling conditions on the veld and atop ‘kopjes’. Of the over 20,000 who died more than half suffered enteric,an illness consequent on insanitary water.                     This book will act as an informative research guide for those seeking to discover and uncover the stories of the men who fought and the families they left behind.It will look in particular at the kind of support the men received if they were war injured and that offered to the families of the bereaved. Some pensions were available to regular soldiers and the Patriotic Fund,a charitable organization , had been resurrected at the beginning of the conflict.However for those who did not fit these categories the Poor Law was the only support available at the time. The book will explore a variety of research materials such as: contemporary national and local newspapers; military records via websites and directly through regimental archives; census, electoral, marriage and death records; records at the National Archives including the Book of Wounds from the Boer War, the Transvaal Widows’ Fund and others.                          Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.   ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                                                                 

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