London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. First Edition. Octavo. Item #022984
Half-title, folding color frontispiece map, 498pp., 32pp. publisher's ads, with all maps and plans present, original cloth cover bound in at the rear. Churchill writes "This small book is mainly a personal record of my adventures and impressions during the first five months of the African War". A lovely fresh copy handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red morocco, boards ruled in gilt with gilt stamp of Winston S. Churchill, raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt, other compartments stamped with a gilt rampant lion within a gilt frame, all edges gilt, red morocco turn-ins double ruled with corner flourishes gilt. A bright, fine copy with no names, bookplates, or foxing.
Price: $2,500.00