The Story of the Malakand Field Force
Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1898, The Colonial issue of the first edition. This edition, intended for sale in India and the Colonies, used the same printing plates as the first home issue, so has all the same errors. It is bound in pictorial grey cloth. Latest estimates are that about 1100 of these were issued clothbound . The survival rate is low and most are in poor condition from the tropical climates in which they were sold. 336 pages, 6 maps, no catalogues at rear. Woods A1ab, Cohen A1.2.a This is a first printing first state copy with no errata slip and with all the errors of the first edition. A superior copy with original unrepaired spine showing shiny clear titles and abrasion at spine ends. Joints strong with only a small 8 mm crack along the front joint. Owner name on verso of free endpaper. Binding firm, maps neatly folded, scattered foxing, some abrasion at corners. (A1ab). Item #35367
Price: $2,000.00