The River War (An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan)
Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1933, Copyright page identifies this as “first cheap edition”, but actually it is the second, as there was also a really cheap little edition in 1915. A desirable edition, and the best to read other than a first. This edition uses the setting of the 1902 edition so is abridged. There are 22 maps, many folding and some in two colours. Bound in lilac cloth,, blocked in black on the spine only. 381 pages, index, appendices. This edition adds a new introduction from Churchill. Book is crisp and unworn, with clean, even, unspotted foredges, no inscriptions. With scarce original dustwrapper, unclipped, good bright blue lettering, scar on spine where a label covered the price, minor wear at spine ends, no pieces gone. (ICS A2da). Item #36584
Price: $1,000.00