Colvile Colonel (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd. Dust Jacket: No, pictorial boards as issued. External Condition: Excellent and clean. Internal Condition: Two volumes in one.Maps still in front pocket and fold out map still in the back. Excellent and clean. Author/Editor: Colvile, Colonel H E. ISBN: 0898392462. Publisher: The Battery Press. Year: 1996. Edition: 2nd. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: No. Language: English. Page Count: 277 & 327. Keywords: Sudan, Military, Army. The book for sale is the one in the photo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original First Edition (1895) of this detailed account by a British officer of a British colonial army campaign in Uganda in 1893-1894. A quite detailed account that thoroughly covers the campaign and also provides an interesting perspective on East Africa and the character and posture of the British colonial army in the late 19th century. Maroon cloth with gilt titles and decorations, 312 pages. Also includes two fold-out maps at rear, illustrations and 32 page ad section of other titles by the publisher. Moderate edge wear on covers with a discolored spot on the back cover. Page edges a bit soiled and foxing on some internal pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 2 vols. + Map case. pp. xvi, 277 & xiv, 327; 3 folding maps to vol. I, 6 folding maps to vol. II, 10 folding maps contained in case; inkstamps to title-pages ("Presented by the Secretary of State for War"), else very good in original cloth, gilt, spine of vol. II very faded, map case with original list of maps to front board and additionally lettered in gilt "Walford Collection". The British campaign in the Sudan of 1884-5 attempted the rescue of General Gordon, sent by the British government to Khartoum to effect a withdrawal from the region. At the time, forces under the religious leader the Mahdi had taken over much of the Sudan, defeating an Egyptian army of 8000 men under Colonel Hicks at El Obeid in November 1883. These forces later besieged Gordon and the remnants of the Egyptian army at Khartoum, and the British government was compelled to send an expedition for the town's relief. Henry Edward Colvile "served in the campaign of 1884-5 to attempt the relief of Khartoum, and was the official historian of the campaign" (Hill A Biographical Dictionary of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, p. 102) . This official history covers the events leading up to the departure of the Nile Expedition, and the circumstances surrounding the fall of Gordon and Khartoum.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Being chiefly an account of how we fought Kabarega. (xv) 312pp plus 18 illustrations, 2 fold out maps and 16pp catalogue at rear. Red buckram boards with gilt decoration to front cover and gilt titles to spine. Neat ink wnership inscription to half title and WH Smith Subscription Library label pasted neatly to fep. Boards rubbed and bumped. Wear to spine with small tear and chips to extremities. Textblock and illustrations clean tight and bright. A very good copy.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Mr. J. Burrell-Smith; Mr. Twidle (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this vivid account of the Unyoro Expedition in Uganda, commanded by Henry Colvile. First edition.In the original cloth binding, with gilt illustration to the front board.Illustrated from sketches by the author and Major Thruston and from photographs by the author. With a frontispiece, sixteen plates and two folding maps. Collated, complete.A compelling account of this campaign undertaken by Major-General Sir Henry Colvile, an English soldier. In 1893 he succeeded the late Sir Gerald Portal as Commissioner for Uganda, commanding the Unyoro Expedition which resulted in the inclusion of that country in the Protectorate. For this, he received his major-general promotion as well as the Central Africa Medal and the position of Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with discolouration to the cloth caused by damp staining, and mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Hinges are tender. Internally, front free endpaper is detached, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with light spots to the endpapers only. Good. book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Binding: Orig. red cloth gilt; Condition notes: small split to one edge of spine, slight fraying to top and base of spine, spine grubby, O/W V. Good; Illustrations: 17 B/W Plates; Maps: 2 folding; Pages: xvi + 312 + Ads; Edition/printing: 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. [xiv], 277 p., 5 military plans, (3 foldings), and 1 folding map of Sudan Campaign's military plan (57x39,5 cm). Fading on cloth, an ex-library stamp on colophon, light soiling to extremities. Otherwise a good copy. First edition of the first volume of this rare set on the Sudan Campaign, including an eyewitness account of Colvile, an English colonel (later major-general) during the campaign. The presented first volume includes that the forces of the Mahdist movement spreading across Sudan, and threatening General Charles Gordon in Khartoum, while Lord Garnet Wolseley moves slowly south down the Nile. The second and third volumes (including maps only) are missing. By 1882 the Mahdist Army had taken complete control over the area surrounding Khartoum. Then, in 1883, a joint British-Egyptian military expedition under the command of British Colonel William Hicks launched a counterattack against the Mahdists. Hicks was soon killed and the British decided to evacuate Sudan. Fighting continued however and the British-Egyptian forces which defended Khartoum in a long siege were finally overrun on January 28, 1885. Virtually the entire garrison was killed. General Charles Gordon, the commander of the British-Egyptian forces, was beheaded during the attack. In June 1885 Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi died. As a result the Mahdist movement quickly dissolved as infighting broke out among rival claimants to leadership. Hoping to capitalize on internal strife, the British returned to Sudan in 1896 with Horatio Kitchener as commander of another Anglo-Egyptian army. In the final battle of the war on September 2, 1898, at Karari, 11,000 Mahdists were killed and 16,000 were wounded. (Source: Black Past online). Henry Edward Colville was born at Kirkby Hall, Leicestershire, as the son of Charles Robert Colville and Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell. Trained at Eton, Colville entered the Grenadier Guards in 1870, followed by his assignment in 1880 as A.D.C. to General Sir Leicester Smyth commanding the forces in South Africa. Colville served in the Intelligence Department of the Suakin Expedition of 1884, distinguishing himself at the Battles of El Teb and Tamai. He was employed on special service in Sudan prior to the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 and after having served in that Expedition, he received the assignment of Chief of the Intelligence Department of the Frontier Force. Following the Battle of Ginnis in the Mahdist War, Colville was promoted to the rank of Colonel and was attached to the Intelligence Department at headquarters. In 1893 he was appointed Commissioner (Acting) for Uganda where he commanded the Unyoro Expedition receiving numerous awards and a promotion to Major General on April 12, 1898. Prior to his retirement in 1901, Colville served as Commander, Infantry Brigade, Gibraltar and Guards Brigade, and 9th Division, South Africa 1899-1900. (Source: Ladysmith & District Historical Society Online).

Scarce original ex "Officers' Mess" set in worn and soiled original scarlet cloth. 8vo. First Part complete with 3 folding maps ;- Second Part complete with 6 folding maps ;- Map case complete with 10 folding maps. Official history covering the departure of the Nile expedition and the fall of Gordon and Khartoum.