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The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan [Sudan]

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The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan [Sudan]

Name: The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan [Sudan]
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Author: Churchill, Winston S. (1874-1965)

by Churchill, Winston S. (1874-1965)

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Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Bound in purple cloth over boards, light rubs to spine ends and fore corner tips, prior owner bo

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First US Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xvi, 381 pages. 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.. Maps and plans, some folding. 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.

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The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan is an 1899 book written by Winston Churchill while he was still an officer in the British army.

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Bookseller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11648
Title: The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan [Sudan]
Author: Churchill, Winston S. (1874-1965)
Illustrator: Maps and plans, some folding
Format/Binding: Full cloth. Octavo. xvi, 381 pages
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Bound in purple cloth over boards, light rubs to spine ends and fore corner tips, prior owner bo
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First US Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1933
Bookseller catalogs: Military History;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...