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Condition: Good. Ex libris paper on flyleaf, otherwise clean and tidy. DJ has a few creases and wear on bottom corners.
Format: Hardcover with DJ
Published: 1987 (The Alderman Press)
Pages: 239
ISBN: 0946619190
Boer War Memorabilia: The Collectors Guide Pieter Oosthuizen
The Boer War was responsible for the most amazing variety of ornaments, keepsakes and commemorative pieces ranging from umbrella stands to postage stamps, manufactured in a host of different countries. Apart from South Africa and Britain they mainly came from France, Germany, Holland, USA, Australia and Canada and included artefacts made by prisoners-of-war in camps scattered as far and wide as Ceylon, Bermuda and St. Helena. The war lasted from October 1899 to May 1902 and generated intense feelings around the world quite apart from the countries actively involved. Propaganda played a large part in design and it is usually not difficult to define where the sympathies of the country in which they were made lay.
The collecting of this infinite variety of memorabilia is one of the fastest growing areas in the antiques field. This is being reflected in sale rooms all over the world, particularly in the USA. Porcelain, pottery, tinware, pewter, jewellery, cigarette cards, prints, postcards, glassware the list is endless and the difficulty for the collector and dealer alike has been the lack of a comprehensive reference book dealing with the innumerable aspects of this fascinating subject.
The book that Pieter Oosthuizen has produced, based on his own magnificent collection and those of other well-known collectors, is as valuable to the historian of the period as it is to the collector, because every detail of the war seems to have been recorded or illustrated in some way or another.
Containing 430 illustrations, including 165 in colour, this book is an invaluable guide to this very collectable subject.
