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British and Boers in South Africa: containing a thrilling account of the great struggle between the British and the Boers... / by James H. Birch.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 136 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birch, James H., Jr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South African War, 1899-1902--Transvaal (South Africa).
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription etc.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Prospectuses.
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24cm
- Edition:
- [Canvassing Book].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : P. W. Ziegler & Co., [1900]
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; full broadside prospectus; lined subscription order leaves.
- Binding: cloth binding with spine design stamped onto back cover, leather spine sample mounted to back pastedown.
- Zinman 136 copies 2 and 3 not in Arbour.
- Copyright 1900 by J. R. Jones
- Local Notes:
- Zinman 136 has loose ephemera, advertising instructions directed at canvassers, laid in volume; all but first and last subscription order leaves excised.
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 136
- OCLC:
- 913612688
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