London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
by Winston S Churchill
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- Hardcover
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- Good
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-144. Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Longmans, Green and Co. , New York, 1900. . Xi. 496 pgs. + 3 folding maps. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. On October 11th,1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally erupted into the conflict that would become known as the Second Boer War. Two days after the first shots were fired, a young writer by the name of Winston Churchill set out for South Africa to cover the conflict for the Morning Post. The Boer War brings together the two collections of despatches that Churchill published on the conflict. London to Ladysmith recounts the future Prime Minister's arrival in South Africa and his subsequent capture by and dramatic escape from the Boers, the adventure that first brought the name of Winston Churchill to public attention. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- 63561
- Title
- London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
- Author
- Winston S Churchill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Place of Publication
- E-144
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