RARE~BOER WAR PERIOD~ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION~SONG BOOK~PLUS OTHERS

A VERY INTERESTING LITTLE GROUP OF COLLECTABLE ITEMS ON

OFFER. A GENUINE BOER WAR PERIOD HARDCOVER SONG BOOK,

PRINTED IN 1901 IN AUSTRALIA, FEATURING WAR SONGS OF THE

ERA, INCLUDING: MARCHING TO PRETORIA, A BALLAD OF LADYSMITH,

MAFEKING, MARCHING TO PRETORIA SECOND VERSION, PLUS

OTHER INTERNATIONAL SONGS. WRITTEN IN PEN ON THE INSIDE

FIRST PAGE, ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE BOOK, R.B. HATCHWELL, PO

IXOPO, GRANDSON OF THE DEAN OF PIETERMARITZBURG. WITH

THIS GROUP ARE TWO OLD UNION CASTLE SHIPPING LINE MEAL

MENUS FOR AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1959, ATTRIBUTED TO THE

ATHLONE CASTLE, WITH AN INTERESTING DAY TO DAY PRINTED

ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO CAPE TOWN.

SOME STATIONERY WRITING PAPER WITH ATHLONE CASTLE

PRINTED ON IT. THEN ALSO INCLUDED WITH THIS INTERESTING LOT

IS AN ORIGINAL 1947 ROYAL TOUR SOUVENIR BOOKLET FEATURING

SEVERAL SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNS ON THE TOUR, WITH VINTAGE

ADVERTS, INCLUDING A SWEET MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL ADVERT

FOR OXO (PRICELESS). OFFERED AT A VERY REASONABLE START

WITHOUT RESERVE.........VERY INTERESTING HISTORICAL ITEMS.

SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE GREAT COLLECTABLES. THE

CONDITION OF THESE ITEMS REASONABLE, COVERS OF WAR AND

ROYAL VISIT A LITTLE DISTRESSED, A COUPLE OF LOOSE PAGES IN THE

WAR SONGS BOOK, BUT NO MISSING PAGES. POST R15 ON THESE.