Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century
Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century
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July 20, 01:10 PM GMT
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1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Sir Winston Churchill
The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899
2 volumes, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, numerous illustrations, plans and maps (20 folding), original blue pictorial cloth gilt
Churchill’s second book, in which the young war correspondent delivered a brilliant history of British involvement in the Sudan, and an account of the fierce campaign for its reconquest in which he himself participated and, in many significant ways, disapproved of.
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