YOUNG, Francis Brett MARCHING ON TANGA (with General Smuts in East Africa) , London: W. Collins, 1917.

First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.. Gilt has gone from lettering on spine. slightly rubbed at spine ends. Free endpapers are browned. Foxing on fore-edge, bottom edge and on some of the pages at the very front edge. Folding map at the end of the book and the very last page also have some foxing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, and two names and an address on half title-page. Pages are clean and bright, no tears. A good tight copy. xi, 264pp. With frontispiece and 29 black-and-white photographs. PLUS a picture of General Smuts in colour, painted on silk? 16cms x 12cms (see picture). The author's experience in East Africa during the First World War as a Medical Officer. The author was born in Halesowen in the West Midlands, and had written forty novels including 'Portrait of Claire' which was made into a film.. (7¾"h x 5¼"w) (19.5cms x 13.5cms) approx. (Book ref. 7163)  £69.00

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