Elisaveta Kandyba-Foxcroft - Russia and the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902

Russia and the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902

The Definitive Mid-Century English Monograph on Tsarist-Boer Alliances

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Russia and the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902
• Author: Elisaveta Kandyba-Foxcroft
• Publisher: Cum Books, Roodepoort
• Publication Date: 1981
• ISBN-10: 0869842129
• ISBN-13: 9780869842127
• Edition Details: True First Edition, Standard Cloth Binding
• Binding: Original publisher’s cloth hardcover with a descriptive dust jacket
• Physical Format: Octavo (8vo). Enhanced with archival reference appendices, correspondence translations, and historic plates.

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior: Hardcover cloth boards are uniform in color and completely straight. Corners are sharp, and gilt lettering on the spine is clean and unblemished.
• Interior: The text block is solid, square, and tight. Pages are remarkably crisp, white, and clean. Completely free of annotations, highlighting, or ownership ink.
• The Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Condition: In beautiful condition, maintaining sharp contrast and clean white panels. Free of major scuffing, edge chipping, or tears.
• Preservation: Carefully protected with a clear, removable plastic archival cover sleeve.

Synopsis & Scholarly Value

Published in 1981 by Cum Books, Elisaveta Kandyba-Foxcroft’s Russia and the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 is a pioneering, classic work of international war history.

Writing at a time when access to Soviet archives was heavily restricted, Kandyba-Foxcroft utilized unique family records, early emigre diaries, and pre-revolutionary Tsarist diplomatic reports to tell the stories of Russian military observers and doctors in South Africa. The text sheds deep light on the strategic calculations of the Russian Empire as it watched Great Britain deplete its military reserves on the veld, making it an essential reference tool for diplomatic historians.

Author Profile: Elisaveta Kandyba-Foxcroft

Elisaveta Kandyba-Foxcroft was an astute scholar, historian, and linguist of Russian descent who spent decades living and researching in South Africa. Her deep command of historical Russian dialects and access to private family papers allowed her to compile and translate complex primary documents that commercial Western historians could not access.