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Basil Le Cordeur; Christopher Saunders The war of the axe 1847'In 1846, a man was caught stealing an
'In 1846, a man was caught stealing an axe in Fort Beaufort, a small eastern-frontier town of Britain's Cape Colony. The group escorting the thief was attacked by a party of Xhosa who killed a guard and released the prisoner. This incident sparked off hostilities which became known as the War of the Axe, or the Seventh Frontier War.'
287 pages. Bookplate of the first owner. Condition: book is near fine; jacket is very good.
Brenhurst Press
Johannesburg
1981
Fine
270 x 274 x30mm
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'In 1846, a man was caught stealing an axe in Fort Beaufort, a small eastern-frontier town of Britain's Cape Colony. The group escorting the thief was attacked by a party of Xhosa who killed a guard and released the prisoner. This incident sparked off hostilities which became known as the War of the Axe, or the Seventh Frontier War.'
287 pages. Bookplate of the first owner. Condition: book is near fine; jacket is very good.
Brenhurst Press
Johannesburg
1981
Fine
270 x 274 x30mm
For further details and and to bid visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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