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Longmans Green & Co., New York, 1900, hardcover. First American edition. The first of two books by Churchill based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. Bound in coarse red cloth with gilt titles on spine and on cover enclosed by gilt ruled boxes. 496 pages, 3 folding maps, 5 other maps and plans. Top edges gilt. Only 3000 copies published, so far scarcer than English firsts. A very bright clean example, good red spine colour, tight binding, no spots, no names, gilt bright. (A4ba). Item #36766
ISBN: B004E30IM4
Price: $300.00
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