The Great Boer War
de DOYLE, Arthur Conan
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- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Aceptable
- Librería
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Smith,Elder, 1900T. hardcover. Acceptable. 1.8110 7.8740 5.3543. 5th impression. Bound in full leather with gilt decoration, spine is partially detached at the top joint, cover with minor rubbing. marbled edges and endpapers. Pages lightly tanned and clean. Includes fold-out map.
Sinopsis
From the book:Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances under which no weakling could survive, place them so that they acquire exceptional skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman, and the rider. Then, finally, put a finer temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have the modern Boer - the most formidable antagonist who ever crossed the path of Imperial Britain. Our military history has largely consisted in our conflicts with France, but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles.
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- Librería
- Schwabe Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- mon0003459691
- Título
- The Great Boer War
- Autor
- DOYLE, Arthur Conan
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Smith,Elder
- Fecha de publicación
- 1900T
- Tamaño
- 1.8110 7.8740 5.3543
- Peso
- 1.81 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Book;
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
