Beschreibung:

W. E. Garrett Fisher, W. J. Leyds, Neville Edwards, and John Nixon
A Collection of Five Histories of the Transvaal
Fisher (The Transvaal and the Boers), Leyds (The First Annexation of the Transvaal and The Transvaal Surrounded), Edwards (The Transvaal in War and Peace), Nixon (The Complete History of the Transvaal from the Great Trek to the Convention of London)
W. E. Garrett Fisher. The Transvaal and the Boers, a Short History of the South African Republic, with a Chapter on the Orange Free State. London: Chapman & Hall, 1900. First edition (pp. 389). Octavo (23 cm) in light green publisher’s cloth, gilt titles to spine, decoration to cover; folding, colour map at rear. Spine sunned, top and bottom of spine lightly worn, rear cover with a few smudges; internally clean and sound. About Very Good. TOGETHER WITH W. J. Leyds. The First Annexation of the Transvaal. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition (pp. xxi, 378). Octavo (22 cm) in publisher’s brown cloth; gilt titles; large folding map bound in at rear. Prelims with a few spots. "A statement of the case of the Boers against the British up to the time of the first annexation and the London conference" (Mendelssohn). Near Fine. TOGETHER WITH W. J. Leyds. The Transvaal Surrounded, a Continuation of The First Annexation of the Transvaal. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. First edition (pp. xxiii, 603, appendices). Octavo (22 cm) in brown publisher's cloth, gilt titles; large folding maps bound in at rear. Leyd's work is "of some importance, owing to the care with which the case for the Boers has been got up by their former secretary of state..." (Mendelssohn). Near Fine. TOGETHER WITH Neville Edwards. The Transvaal in War and Peace. London: Virtue, 1900. First edition (pp. 384). Quarto (28 cm) in pictorial blue publisher’s cloth, gilt titles, a.e.g. Several hundred photographic illustrations from the period of the war - parade grounds, studio portraits in uniform, horsemen, and weapons but not much 'peace' to speak of. A Very Good copy of a popular Boer War pictorial. TOGETHER WITH John Nixon The Complete Story of the Transvaal from the Great Trek to the Convention of London. London: Sampson, Low, et al., 1885. First edition (pp. xx, 367, index, adverts). Octavo (23 cm) in green publisher’s cloth, gilt titles, folding map. Appendix comprising various ministerial documents; occupation of the Transvaal by the Boers, teasons for the annexation, siege of Pretoria, the Royal Commission, etc. Wear to top and bottom of spine, tips, first few pages lightly foxed; uncut, save for the Preface. Very Good.