The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle First Edition, second impression 1900 Published by Smith Elder & Co. 15 Waterloo Place London An impressive work about the Boer War in South Africa. The author, Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Illustrated with five large fold-out maps in colour. Preface dated ‘September 1900’, written by Arthur Conan Doyle from Undershaw, Hindhead Dedicated to John L. Langman 30 chapters Extensive Index at the back and several pages of publisher’s book adverts 546 pages, clean, rough cut at edges, tightly bound Dark grey endpapers front and back, clean with no owner’s inscriptions, webbing showing slightly. All five fold-out colour maps clean and in very good condition Maps: Northern Natal, Orange River Colony Southern part, Orange River Northern Part, Southern Transvaal, Sketch map of part of South Africa Dark blue hardback Gold titles on the spine, corners knocked, slightly frayed top edge, in good shape Fascinating content, scarce copy