How We Escaped from Pretoria
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1901. Hardcover. Contemporary account of captivity and escape during the Second Boer War by one of the British officers imprisoned at Pretoria (alongside Winston Churchill). This expanded edition recounts Haldane's capture and imprisonment at the State Model School in Pretoria; the planning and execution of his escape; and his journey through Boer-controlled territory. Good. Item #9709
New edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo. xii, 231 pp. Frontispiece portrait, folding map, two plans, and numerous photographic illustrations and plates. Original brown pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt. From private collection. Binding is soiled and shows rubbing and wear. previous owner's embossed stamp and name on ffep. Light foxing to pages, mostly limited to prelims and edges of book block.
Price: $89.00