Buy this book on-line Crosby, Arthur Joseph : Extracts from notes taken on the Boer Campaign by Arthur Joseph Crosby, Natal Carbineers(Ladysmith: Ladysmith Historical Society, 1976)
No. 5 in the series of Ladysmith siege diaries, letters and recollections from the Natal Front. 248 x 201mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (ii) + 46 (printed recto's); plates. Lower cover a bit scuffed and a little creased. Very good condition. "Capt. Crosby happened to be in South Africa when the Anglo-Boer War broke out. He [enlisted] for the Prince of Wales Light Horse, and served in the Natal Carbineers, and was trapped in the Siege of Ladysmith. At the beginning of the Siege he weighed 12 stone - at the end he weighed 9 stone! After the Siege he was invalided to England, but afterwards returned to duty in South Africa." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Crosby, Arthur Joseph : Extracts from notes taken on the Boer Campaign by Arthur Joseph Crosby, Natal Carbineers. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, livres rares, collectables, used books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |