Trooper Bailey: A Soldier's Story [South African / Boer War Personal Canadian Narrative]

Saskatchewan: Self-Published. Good. 1952. First Edition. Paperback. "I am writing this story from records of an old diary and that of an old police book, aided by a memory which is still very good. It is my desire to tell what actually happened without any attempt at fiction. I wish to give the reader some idea what a soldier's life was during [the Boer War] and also what a mounted policeman found to be his duties after hostilities ceased - in plain, simple language, to show the loss and futility of war to all concerned." - title page. At London, Ontario in 1901 Bailey volunteered for a three year enlistment to serve in the Boer War and as a mounted policeman after the war. Upon returning to Canada he moved west and homesteaded at Milestone, Saskatchewan for six years before relocating to west central Saskatchewan where he and his family farmed for thirty years. 93 pages of small font text. "Sample Copy" rubber stamped upon title page otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Moderate moisture-induced undulating to top edge. Moisture marks to fore-edge begin at title page and diminish until essentially disappearing by page 50. 22 x 15cm. Not listed in Dornbusch, Cooke, Arora, or Peel. Very uncommon.; 8vo .