How many books

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Just out of curiosity.
How many books on the AZW do members have. Don't need the titles just the number.
I have 5 in my collection.

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16 That includes a printed copy of TMFH

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I have 9 books and 2 books of notes that I have compiled, also lots of AZW Pdf files on disk.

9 Books

Subject: Re: How many books Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:55 pm

Just counted 72 on my bookshelves but I do have more tucked away somewhere.

I also have a number of 'online books' saved to disc and USB but they don't count.

Neil

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I have a few, dust gatherers, but there's a lot
of them out there.knowledge is knowledge..
it does not matter where we get it from. books,
journal's, the internet ect, i personally have
learned a hell of a lot from the people on here!.
we are all equal, sharing a passion for the AZW.

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xhosa2000 wrote:: I have a few, dust gatherers, but there's a lot
of them out there.knowledge is knowledge..
it does not matter where we get it from. books,
journal's, the internet ect, i personally have
learned a hell of a lot from the people on here!.
we are all equal, sharing a passion for the AZW.

That's a fair comment. Salute

Subject: How many books ? Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:07 am

I actually did a quick count yesterday as someone asked me the same question , including reports , booklets & other assorted notes , magazines and so on , approx 280 . Two book cases , still waiting on another 3 or 4 books to arrive , just goes to show how much has been written on this subject . Shocked

90th

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90th wrote:: I actually did a quick count yesterday as someone asked me the same question , including reports , booklets & other assorted notes , magazines and so on , approx 280 . Two book cases , still waiting on another 3 or 4 books to arrive , just goes to show how much has been written on this subject .
90th

90th how many of those books have you read. ?

Subject: How many books ? Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:44 am

A lot , a lot Ulundi !

90th You need to study mo

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38 at the moment, some more in boxes spare room .

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Around 100, but what are your top 5 and why?

Steve

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Zulu Rising,,expertly written.
Hill of the Sphinx...wouldn't be without it.
Narrative of The Field Operations....Fantastic Maps
Brave Men's Blood....one of my first books, its old and tatty.

I've just ordered The South Africa Zulu Campaign 1879 by MacKinnon and Shadbolt (Hard Cover) and although I haven't read it yet, it was a bargain so it goes in my top 5.

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1. Hill of the Sphinx (to which I would add JW's follow up on Durnford's orders) - Simply the best.
2. AZW Bibliography by Harold Raugh - reveals fresh avenues to explore and is the most impressive work of research that I know.
3. Zulu Rising - well written and a culmination of years of knowledge gained.
4. Narrative - for the maps (to which I would add L&Qs TMFH which reveals even more about the maps).
5. Historical Records of 24th Regiment - two association copies that belonged to officers who were with Chelmsford on 22nd.

Really hard just to pick 5.

Steve

Subject: Re: How many books Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:28 pm

52 + Disc with 1879 new-paper articles.

Subject: Re: How many books Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:43 pm

I do have many, many books, and not all are about the AZW, there are many other subjects that interest me.

Regarding the AZW, a must have book has got to be Jackson's 'Hill of the Sphinx'.

Others are.

Julians works that are available from the museum.
Zulu Rising by IK.
Zulu Victory by L&Q.

There are many others that are well worth a read, but the main books I use for reference are the ones above.

Posts : 1183 Join date : 2015-11-24

No particular order..
Kingdom in crisis, Laband.
Ploughshare of war, Cope.
New perspectives, Duminy & Ballard.
The Washing of the Spears, Morris.
John Dunn, Ballard.

Ask again and you would get a different response..
Jackson, Knight, Whybra, Young, L & Q..ect.

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Just as an aside, does any body out there have copy of
Charles Ballard's, John Dunn, The White Chief of Zululand..
published by Donker in 1986. my copy in common with
Phillip Gon's, The Road to Isandhlwana, also published by
Donker, suffers from a common problem, which is the poor
choice of paper chosen for the dust wrapper, its very prone
to scratching and wear..so as i speak i have three copies of
Gon, thinking each time i would get a better dust wrapper..
not the case, they all suffer in the same way. so i gave up
on that one..so i have tried to find a better dust wrapper for
the Ballard, looking online it seems it is rarer than i thought!
the three i tracked down were asking crazy prices, so much
more than i paid for mine around 1990, £40.00. who decides
these prices?. they seem totally unrealistic to me.

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Ive seen many references to TMFH ?? What is the title and who authored?

Also how can one in the USA obtain copy of the stubies by Julian Whybra?

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brillo1970 wrote:: Ive seen many references to TMFH ?? What is the title and who authored?

Also how can one in the USA obtain copy of the stubies by Julian Whybra?

Take at look at this.

http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/isandhlwana/isandlwana-the-missing-five-hours.htm

Regards
Waterloo

Subject: Re: How many books Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:54 pm

These are the ones I can find. Many more dotted in other venues.

I have several first editions, but the ones I like most are:

Washing Of the Spears (Donald Morris)
The Last Zulu Warrior (David Clammer) - my copy is number 167 out of 1000 printed.

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fairestcape, just out of curiosity, how much did the
Clammer rush you, in the light of the 90th's shocking
revelation!. if you dont wont to reveal that on a open
forum that's cool!. maybe you could pm me. cheers.

Subject: Haow many books Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:10 pm

Frederic among others on here have asked me in the past how many , or more to the point what I thought were '' must Have's ' I had a short list of about 30 from memory Shocked

, it all depends what you want to read about , one of the best you can get is Ian Knight ' Fearful Hard Times At Eshowe ' simply because its the only book dealing with Pearson's Column , and is full of details , a wonderful book , I cant recommend it high enough .
90th Salute

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