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Price: US$101.00 + shipping
Description: NEAR FINE book, no DJ. Plum cloth with black spine lettering. FINE inside. Text and map paper white as new. 9"x5", (12),381pp. No aging, foxing, memorabilia, etc. Pristine inside, from cover to cover, top to bottom edge. Fold out maps flawless. Lastly, book stays closed when stood on its spine. Read with great care, if at all. NEAR FINE book. 3rd ed. Flawless BUT scuffed cover corners bkplt
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
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Seller: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: This is the U.S. first edition of Churchill's second book in the striking original dust jacket. Originally published in England in 1899, this was one of the few Churchill books that did not see a U.S. first edition concurrent with the British. In 1933 a new edition was issued in both England and, for the first time, in the U.S. with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author explaining that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." This is one of just 1,040 U.S. first edition copies issued. Per Richard Langworth (p.35), binding was probably done in England, using English sheets and a Scribner's title page cancel, since copies are bound in the identical lilac cloth as the Eyre & Spottiswoode edition of the same year. However, the striking dust jacket is unique to this U.S. first edition, printed in red and black, bearing R. C. Woodville's dramatic illustration of the Charge of the 21st Lancers.This copy, though sound, shows age, wear, and aesthetic flaws, its chief virtue being survival of its scarce and compelling dust jacket. Condition of the volume is good, the jacket only fair. The cloth binding is square and tight, though dulled overall and with shelf wear to extremities, including minor fraying and short closed tears to the spine ends. The contents are respectably clean, with only a few incidental instances of spotting within, but nonetheless significantly age-toned. Differential toning to the endpapers corresponding to the dust jacket flaps testifies that this copy has spent life jacketed. There is a "Merry Christmas" gift inscription dated "1940" inked on the front free endpaper recto and the illustrated bookplate of "Sterling E. Lanier" affixed to the front pastedown. Sterling Edmund Lanier (1927-2007) was an American editor, science fiction author, and sculptor perhaps best known for championing publication of Frank Herberts acclaimed novel Dune.The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original $2.75 front flap price. Loss is confined to uneven, shallow strips at the spine ends and fractional loss at the flap fold extremities. Nonetheless, overall appearance of the jacket is grubby, the spine considerably toned and mottled, the faces and flaps soiled with general light wear to extremities. The jacket is protected beneath a removable, clear, archival cover. The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and perspective on British involvement in the Sudan. The text is arresting, insightful, powerfully descriptive, and of enduring relevance. Mohammed Ahmed was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final decades of the 19th century. In 1883 the Mahdists overwhelmed the Egyptian army of British commander William Hicks, and Great Britain ordered the withdrawal of all Egyptian troops and officials from the Sudan. In 1885, General Gordon famously lost his life in a doomed defense of the capitol, Khartoum, where he had been sent to lead evacuation of Egyptian forces. Though the Mahdi died that same year, his theocracy continued until 1898, when General Kitchener reoccupied the Sudan.With Kitchener was a very young Winston Churchill, who participated in the battle of Omdurman in September 1898, where the Mahdist forces were decisively defeated. In his book about the British campaign in the Sudan, Churchill - a young officer in a colonial British army - was unusually sympathetic to the Mahdist forces and critical of Imperial cynicism and cruelty. This is manifestly evident in the highly critical comment about Kitchener prominently quoted and bordered in red on the front face of the dust jacket something else unique to this first U.S. edition. This work offers us the candid perspective of the future great man of the 20th century from the distinctly 19th century battlefields where Churchill learned to write and earned his early fame.Reference: Cohen A2.5, Woods/ICS A2(db), Langworth p.35.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: This is the U.S. first edition of Churchill's second book in the striking original dust jacket. Originally published in England in 1899, this was one of the few Churchill books that did not see a U.S. first edition concurrent with the British. In 1933 a new edition was issued in both England and, for the first time, in the U.S. with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author explaining that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." This is one of just 1,040 U.S. first edition copies issued. Per Richard Langworth (p.35), binding was probably done in England, using English sheets and a Scribner's title page cancel, since copies are bound in the identical lilac cloth as the Eyre & Spottiswoode edition of the same year. However, the striking dust jacket is unique to this U.S. first edition, printed in red and black, bearing R. C. Woodville's dramatic illustration of the Charge of the 21st Lancers.This copy is very good in a very good minus dust jacket. The cloth binding is tight and clean and has obviously spent life jacketed, despite shelf wear to the bottom edges, light wear to extremities, and a hint of spine toning. The contents retain a crisp feel despite some age-toning. The book feels unread. We find no spotting or previous ownership marks. Even the page edges are clean. Mild differential toning to the endpapers corresponds to the dust jacket flaps, confirming that this copy has spent life jacketed. All maps and plans are present. The dust jacket is complete, apart from fractional loss to the spine ends and corners and a neatly price-clipped upper front flap. The red rule spine border is toned, the jacket shows moderate overall soiling, and there is a tiny, stray ink mark in a blank margin of the lower left front face. The dust jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover. The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and perspective on British involvement in the Sudan. The text is arresting, insightful, powerfully descriptive, and of enduring relevance. Mohammed Ahmed was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final decades of the 19th century. In 1883 the Mahdists overwhelmed the Egyptian army of British commander William Hicks, and Great Britain ordered the withdrawal of all Egyptian troops and officials from the Sudan. In 1885, General Gordon famously lost his life in a doomed defense of the capitol, Khartoum, where he had been sent to lead evacuation of Egyptian forces. Though the Mahdi died that same year, his theocracy continued until 1898, when General Kitchener reoccupied the Sudan.With Kitchener was a very young Winston Churchill, who participated in the battle of Omdurman in September 1898, where the Mahdist forces were decisively defeated. In his book about the British campaign in the Sudan, Churchill - a young officer in a colonial British army - was unusually sympathetic to the Mahdist forces and critical of Imperial cynicism and cruelty. This is manifestly evident in the highly critical comment about Kitchener prominently quoted and bordered in red on the front face of the dust jacket something else unique to this first U.S. edition. Here is a chief figure of the Second World War on horseback on a colonial battlefield, participating in what has been called by some the last "genuine" cavalry charge of the British Army. This work offers us the candid perspective of the future great man of the 20th century from the distinctly 19th century battlefields where Churchill learned to write and earned his early fame.Reference: Cohen A2.5, Woods/ICS A2(db), Langworth p.35.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: This is the elusive U.S. first edition of Churchill's second book, increasingly scarce thus in the striking dust jacket. Originally published in England in 1899, this was one of the few Churchill books that did not see a U.S. first edition concurrent with the British. In 1933 a new edition was issued in both England and, for the first time, in the U.S. with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author explaining that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." This is one of just 1,040 U.S. first edition copies issued. Per Richard Langworth (p.35), binding was probably done in England, using English sheets and a Scribner's title page cancel, since copies are bound in the identical lilac cloth as the Eyre & Spottiswoode edition of the same year. However, the striking dust jacket is unique to this U.S. first edition, printed in red and black, bearing R. C. Woodville's dramatic illustration of the Charge of the 21st Lancers.This copy is very good in a good dust jacket. The lilac cloth binding is clean and tight with unfaded color and sharp corners, but nonetheless shows shelf wear to the extremities, including some fraying of the cloth at the spine heel. The contents are clean; we find neither previous ownership marks nor spotting. All of the extensive maps and plans are present, and all folding maps remain properly folded. The contents are modestly age-toned, including differential toning to the endpapers that aligns with the dust jacket flaps, affirming that this copy has spent life jacketed. The dust jacket has a neatly price-clipped upper front flap, shallow loss at the spine ends, and minor loss to the corners, but is otherwise complete. The jacket shows overall soiling, toning, and wear, most conspicuous at the hinges and flap folds. Nonetheless, this is a respectable example of a scarce and striking jacket unique to the single printing of this U.S. first edition. The jacket is newly fitted with a clear, removable, archival cover. The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and perspective on British involvement in the Sudan. The text is arresting, insightful, powerfully descriptive, and of enduring relevance. Mohammed Ahmed was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final decades of the 19th century. In 1883 the Mahdists overwhelmed the Egyptian army of British commander William Hicks, and Great Britain ordered the withdrawal of all Egyptian troops and officials from the Sudan. In 1885, General Gordon famously lost his life in a doomed defense of the capitol, Khartoum, where he had been sent to lead evacuation of Egyptian forces. Though the Mahdi died that same year, his theocracy continued until 1898, when General Kitchener reoccupied the Sudan.With Kitchener was a very young Winston Churchill, who participated in the battle of Omdurman in September 1898, where the Mahdist forces were decisively defeated. In his book about the British campaign in the Sudan, Churchill - a young officer in a colonial British army - was unusually sympathetic to the Mahdist forces and critical of Imperial cynicism and cruelty. This is manifestly evident in the highly critical comment about Kitchener prominently quoted and bordered in red on the front face of the dust jacket something else unique to this first U.S. edition. Here is a chief figure of the Second World War on horseback on a colonial battlefield, participating in what has been called by some the last "genuine" cavalry charge of the British Army. This work offers us the candid perspective of the future 20th century icon from the distinctly 19th century battlefields where Churchill learned to write and earned his early fame.Reference: Cohen A2.5, Woods/ICS A2(db), Langworth p.35.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Description: Winston Churchill's detailed military history of the operations directed by Lord Kitchener on the Upper Nile between April 1896 and November 1899. Churchill was a participant in the decisive battle of Omdurman, and wrote this account while still a young cavalry officer. Originally published in 1899 in two volumes. This new edition has a new Introduction by Churchill. This Scribner's edition is surprisingly uncommon, with only 1,040 copies printed. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Bound in purple cloth over boards, light rubs to spine ends and fore corner tips, prior owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket is price-clipped, has light soiling, chipping along top and bottom edges of spine and along top edge of rear panel, with the top corner of rear flap clipped away. Full cloth. Octavo. xvi, 381 pages
Seller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Churchill, Winston S.. The River War. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US edition. Book very good plus, minor rubbing to edges, former owner's name to front free end paper. Dust jacket very good, minor wear, tanning.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: This is the elusive U.S. first edition of Churchill's second book, increasingly scarce thus in the striking dust jacket. Originally published in England in 1899, this was one of the few Churchill books that did not see a U.S. first edition concurrent with the British. In 1933 a new edition was issued in both England and, for the first time, in the U.S. with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author explaining that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." This is one of just 1,040 U.S. first edition copies issued. Per Richard Langworth (p.35), binding was probably done in England, using English sheets and a Scribner's title page cancel, since copies are bound in the identical lilac cloth as the Eyre & Spottiswoode edition of the same year. However, the striking dust jacket is unique to this U.S. first edition, printed in red and black, bearing R. C. Woodville's dramatic illustration of the Charge of the 21st Lancers. This copy is very good plus in a very good dust jacket. The lilac cloth binding is clean and tight with sharp corners and only mild shelf wear to extremities and a very slight forward lean. The contents are clean, retaining a crisp feel, plausibly unread. While there is mild age-toning, we find no spotting and no previous ownership marks. The top edges show only mild shelf dust, the fore and bottom edges clean. The dust jacket is nearly complete, the only losses being fractional chipping to the spine head and a neatly price-clipped upper front flap. The red rules on the spine are inevitably toned and there is light overall soiling, but shelf presentation is nonetheless quite respectable and overall condition of the jacket is compelling for the edition. The dust jacket is protected beneath a removable, clear, archival cover. The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and perspective on British involvement in the Sudan. The text is arresting, insightful, powerfully descriptive, and of enduring relevance. Mohammed Ahmed was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final decades of the 19th century. In 1883 the Mahdists overwhelmed the Egyptian army of British commander William Hicks, and Great Britain ordered the withdrawal of all Egyptian troops and officials from the Sudan. In 1885, General Gordon famously lost his life in a doomed defense of the capitol, Khartoum, where he had been sent to lead evacuation of Egyptian forces. Though the Mahdi died that same year, his theocracy continued until 1898, when General Kitchener reoccupied the Sudan.With Kitchener was a very young Winston Churchill, who participated in the battle of Omdurman in September 1898, where the Mahdist forces were decisively defeated. In his book about the British campaign in the Sudan, Churchill - a young officer in a colonial British army - was unusually sympathetic to the Mahdist forces and critical of Imperial cynicism and cruelty. This is manifestly evident in the highly critical comment about Kitchener prominently quoted and bordered in red on the front face of the dust jacket something else unique to this first U.S. edition. Here is a chief figure of the Second World War on horseback on a colonial battlefield, participating in what has been called by some the last "genuine" cavalry charge of the British Army. This work offers us the candid perspective of the future 20th century icon from the distinctly 19th century battlefields where Churchill learned to write and earned his early fame.Reference: Cohen A2.5, Woods/ICS A2(db), Langworth p.35.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Description: This is a superior copy of the U.S. first edition of Churchill's second book in the striking original dust jacket. Originally published in England in 1899, this was one of the few Churchill books that did not see a U.S. first edition concurrent with the British. In 1933 a new edition was issued in both England and, for the first time, in the U.S. with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author explaining that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." This is one of just 1,040 U.S. first edition copies issued. Per Richard Langworth (p.35), binding was probably done in England, using English sheets and a Scribner's title page cancel, since copies are bound in the identical lilac cloth as the Eyre & Spottiswoode edition of the same year. However, the striking dust jacket is unique to this U.S. first edition, printed in red and black, bearing R. C. Woodville's dramatic illustration of the Charge of the 21st Lancers.This copy approaches near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket is remarkable for being entirely complete, not only retaining the original "$2.75" front flap price, but with no loss or tears. We do note a hint of wrinkling to the rear panel, trivial wear to extremities, customary fading of the red spine print, and some light soiling, inevitable given the white dust jacket. Nonetheless, this dust jacket certainly ranks among the most complete and clean examples of which we are aware. The dust jacket is protected beneath a removable, clear, archival cover. The book beneath is equally impressive. The lilac cloth binding is square, clean, and tight, the color suffering no toning or soiling. Shelf wear is negligible, confined to extremities. The contents are immaculately clean with a crisp, unread feel. Testifying that the book is unread, we find uncut signatures throughout. We do not find any previous ownership marks or spotting. Even the page edges are notably clean. The sole defect we find is a horizontal tear to the lower part of the p.79-80 leaf, clearly a result of the uncut signature conjoining the bottom edge of the p.77-78 and 79-80 leaves.The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and perspective on British involvement in the Sudan. The text is arresting, insightful, powerfully descriptive, and of enduring relevance. Mohammed Ahmed was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final decades of the 19th century. In 1883 the Mahdists overwhelmed the Egyptian army of British commander William Hicks, and Great Britain ordered the withdrawal of all Egyptian troops and officials from the Sudan. In 1885, General Gordon famously lost his life in a doomed defense of the capitol, Khartoum, where he had been sent to lead evacuation of Egyptian forces. Though the Mahdi died that same year, his theocracy continued until 1898, when General Kitchener reoccupied the Sudan.With Kitchener was a very young Winston Churchill, who participated in the battle of Omdurman in September 1898, where the Mahdist forces were decisively defeated. In his book about the British campaign in the Sudan, Churchill - a young officer in a colonial British army - was unusually sympathetic to the Mahdist forces and critical of Imperial cynicism and cruelty. This is manifestly evident in the highly critical comment about Kitchener prominently quoted and bordered in red on the front face of the dust jacket something else unique to this first U.S. edition. Here is a chief figure of the Second World War on horseback on a colonial battlefield, participating in what has been called by some the last "genuine" cavalry charge of the British Army. This work offers us the candid perspective of the future great man of the 20th century from the distinctly 19th century battlefields where Churchill learned to write and earned his early fame.Reference: Cohen A2.5, Woods/ICS A2(db), Langworth p.35.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: This is a superior copy of the U.S. first edition of Churchill's second book in the striking original dust jacket. First published in England in 1899, this was one of the few Churchill books that did not see a U.S. first edition concurrent with the British. In 1933 a new edition was issued in both England and, for the first time, in the U.S. with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author explaining that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." This is one of just 1,040 U.S. first edition copies issued. Per Richard Langworth (p.35), binding was probably done in England, using English sheets and a Scribner's title page cancel, since copies are bound in the identical lilac cloth as the Eyre & Spottiswoode edition of the same year. However, the striking dust jacket is unique to this U.S. first edition, printed in red and black, bearing R. C. Woodville's dramatic illustration of the Charge of the 21st Lancers.This copy approaches truly fine in a near fine dust jacket. Two aspects of condition distinguish this jacket. First is completeness. The jacket is unclipped, retaining the original $2.75 front flap price, with only fractional loss confined to the flap fold corners. Second, the red spine print retains vivid color quite a rarity among surviving copies of this jacket. These two factors more than compensate for modest overall soiling (virtually inevitable for the white dust jacket) and minor wear to extremities. The jacket is protected beneath a removable, clear, archival cover. The book beneath is more impressive still the best example we have encountered. The lilac cloth binding is square, clean, and tight, the color suffering no toning or soiling, the corners sharp. Negligible shelf wear is confined to the bottom edges. The contents are immaculately clean with a crisp, unread feel. Some signatures remain uncut. We find no spotting, no soiling, no previous ownership marks, and precious little age-toning. Even the page edges are notably clean. Faint differential toning to the endpapers corresponds to the dust jacket flaps, affirming what the binding already testifies that this extraordinary copy has spent life jacketed.The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and perspective on British involvement in the Sudan. The text is arresting, insightful, powerfully descriptive, and of enduring relevance. Mohammed Ahmed was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final decades of the 19th century. In 1883 the Mahdists overwhelmed the Egyptian army of British commander William Hicks, and Great Britain ordered the withdrawal of all Egyptian troops and officials from the Sudan. In 1885, General Gordon famously lost his life in a doomed defense of the capitol, Khartoum, where he had been sent to lead evacuation of Egyptian forces. Though the Mahdi died that same year, his theocracy continued until 1898, when General Kitchener reoccupied the Sudan.With Kitchener was a very young Winston Churchill, who participated in the battle of Omdurman in September 1898, where the Mahdist forces were decisively defeated. In his book about the British campaign in the Sudan, Churchill - a young officer in a colonial British army - was unusually sympathetic to the Mahdist forces and critical of Imperial cynicism and cruelty. This is manifestly evident in the highly critical comment about Kitchener prominently quoted and bordered in red on the front face of the dust jacket something else unique to this first U.S. edition. Here is a chief figure of the Second World War on horseback on a colonial battlefield, participating in what has been called by some the last "genuine" cavalry charge of the British Army. This work offers us the candid perspective of the future great man of the 20th century from the distinctly 19th century battlefields where Churchill learned to write and earned his early fame.Reference: Cohen A2.5, Woods/ICS A2(db), Langworth p.35.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1603.34 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first printing, in an especially nice example of the jacket, and from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen. Churchill's second book, first published in Britain in 1899, is based on his own role as a war reporter in the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan. "The River War is a brilliant history of British involvement in the Sudan and the campaign for its reconquest: arresting, insightful, with tremendous narrative and descriptive power. [the] features of that now distant campaign Churchill impressively captures in precise detail and exciting narrative, including his own role in the last great cavalry charge of British history. Finely written chapters trace the history of the Sudan, the rise of the Mahdi, the martyr's death of Gordon and, apparently not much exaggerated, the author's adventures" (Langworth, p. 27). In 1933, a new edition was published in Britain. Churchill contributed a new introduction - "Nearly thirty-five years have passed since this book was written, and I am very glad that it is now to take a renewed lease of life". This US publication uses sheets of the 1933 British edition with a cancelled title page. "The dust jacket is unique, bearing R. C. Woodville's dramatic illustration of the Charge of the 21st Lancers. and is especially attractive" (Langworth, p. 36). The print run was relatively small - 1,040 copies - and the jacket is not often encountered, here in commendable condition. Provenance: Ronald Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Cohen A2.5. Richard Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998. Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. With 22 maps and plans (many folding). Jacket with very light creasing and a few nicks at extremities, a few patches of soiling, unclipped: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom