Canada, Dominion. South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I

Hardcover, navy blue cloth cover, battle image printed in black ink and pasted in place on the front cover, the text on the front cover and the spine printed in gold-coloured ink, entitled "South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I (of 2), comprising A History of South Africa and its People, including the War of 1899 and 1900", by J. Castell Hopkins, F.S.S. and Murat Halstead, published by J.L. Nichols & Company of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1900. A notation on page facing the Preface states "Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, at the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred, by J.L. Nichols & Co." The book details the history of the Boer War of 1899-1900 from a Canadian perspective, highlighted with sixty-four plates of images of historical figures and battle scenes. It begins with a Preface by J. Castell Hopkins, followed by a Table of Contents (List of Chapters and Subjects) and a Glossary of Boer Terms. The book is divided into two parts. Part I with thirteen chapters: I - Early Scenes of Settlement and Struggle; II - The Dutch and the Natives; III - The Great Trek and its First Results; IV - Birth of the Dutch Republics; V - Development of Dutch Rule; VI - Development of Cape Colony; VII - Imperial Policy in South Africa; VIII - The Native Races of South Africa; IX - Character of the South African Boer; X - The Annexation of the Transvaal; XI - Natal and the Zulu War; XII - A Review of the South African Question; XIII - The Colonies and the War. Part II with an Introduction and eleven chapters: I - The Battle of Majuba Hill; II - The President of the South African Republic; III - The Boers and British Gold and Diamonds; IV - The Cause of War; V - The Boer Declaration of War and the Gathering of the Armies; VI - The First Bloodshed; VII - The Magersfontein Battle; VIII - Battle of Colenso - Defeat of General Buller; IX - The Siege of Ladysmith; X - The Relief of Kimberley - The Turn of the Tide of War Against the Boers; XI - Cronje's Surrender and the Occupation of Bloemfontein. It concludes with an Official List of the Canadian Contingents in South Africa. The book contains 512 pages that includes 448 pages of text in English along with 64 pages of black and white photograph and illustration plates interspersed throughout the book, printed in black ink, on an off-white paper stock, with the previous owner's name in pencil on the inside front cover endpaper, measuring 165 mm (w) x 230 mm (h) x 46 mm (d). It exhibits soiling on the front and back covers and the spine, the battle image on the front cover scuffed, the cover having experienced partial separation from the bulk of the pages and exposes the underlying structure, a few of the pages having come loose at the back of the book, some of the pages within displaying tearing, fold marks and soiling. Fair to Near Fine.