NORTH-WEST FRONTIER & SECOND BOER WAR. An extensive contempo...

NORTH-WEST FRONTIER & SECOND BOER WAR. An extensive contemporary hand-annotated album, compiled by an officer of the Army Veterinary Department, documenting operations with the Peshawar Column during the Tirah Campaign (1897-98), and subsequent service during the Second Boer War (1899-1902); 80pp. with numerous photographic prints, cuttings, and ephemera, first 14 pp. heavily water damaged, progressively cleaner thereafter; including: Tirah & Khyber Pass (1897-98) - multi-part panoramas of Fort Jamrud; camps of the Peshawar Column; bridges (incl. boat bridges); ''British Mountain Battery in action, 29.12.97''; three-part sequence ''demolition of village defences in the Khyber''; ''Monument to Sir Henry Havelock Allan''; manuscript casualty list of British and native troops; and others; Second Boer War & South Africa (1899-1902) - panoramas and numerous images from No. 3 Field Veterinary Hospital Elandsfontein & No. 2 Field Veterinary Hospital Pretoria, including a sequence ''Putting mange horses, No. 2 F.V.H. through the Phenyle bath''; three original telegram chits to the O.C. No. 2 Vet. Hosp. ordering stand to arms on intelligence of Boer movements, with manuscript annotations; ''Russian Ambulance with the Boers''; ''I found this photograph on the wall (A Boer Family) in a deserted Boer Farm''; a number of Van Nes photographic prints; and many others; contemp. half-morocco (distressed and water damaged), folio. [the compiler apparently photographed in image captioned ''...Self. A.V.D.'', whilst ''Buying mules at 'Foggia' Italy, for the South African War 1899'', and likely elsewhere including groups of veterinary officers; viewing recommended; sold with all faults]

Estimate:£400

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