Captain F. S. Brereton R.A.M.C. With Rifle and Bayonet A Tale of the Boer War. Illustrated with 8 black and white plates by Wal Paget. 352 pages, plus 32 pages of publisher’s illustrated advertisements. All edges olivine. First 10 leaves have foxing, occasional fox spotting in some margins thereafter. 192 x 134 mm [approx. 7 ½” x 5 ¼”] rich blue pictorial cloth titled in gilt; a few small marks and points of wear else a very good tight bright copy. Blackie and Son Limited 1st edition 1901 Publisher’s summary of the book loosely laid in. “Captain Brereton, who is now on active service in South Africa, has probably the unique distinction of publishing, while on duet at the front, a romance of the present Boer War……”