London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria by Winston Churchill, First Edition (57 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint; 1st Printing Thus. Reprint Edition (1991) ; First Printing Thus, indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ shows only the mildest rubbing to the panels; else flawless; unclipped. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6.25 x 1.35 inches) . Maps, Appendix. Language: English. Weight: 26.8 ounces. Hardback with DJ. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; vii, 405 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Slight bowing to covers. ; Maps, jacket now in a clear protector ; 405 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. 2013. Bloomsbury Revelations edition. xiii, 375pp. B&W maps and plans. "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. Ian Hamilton's March collects Churchill's later despatches as he marched alongside a column of the main British army from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. Published together, these books are a vivid eye-witness account of a landmark period in British Imperial History and an insightful chronicle of a formative experience by Britain's greatest war-time leader." The book is in excellent condition. There are no inscriptions and all contents are tight and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Covers and spine faded and spotted with gold stamping still visible; lower rear cover with damp stain; front and rear paste downs and free end papers lightly soiled from age; first free fly leaf with previous owner's signature neatly in ink; with 3 foldout maps and 4 plan drawings; some leading edges of pages rough cut when previous owner opened the uncut pages; 12mo; with 496 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Churchill's account of his experiences and impressions during the early months of the Second Boer War taken from his despatches printed in the Morning Star newspaper. Churchill placed himself at the front and often in danger to gain the better experience and reports. Churchill includes the story of his being captured by the Boers and his daring escape, this gave him celebrity status back home and assisted in the relaunch of his stalled political career. Illustrated by 1*colour, folding map, with closed tear near to gutter, 2*folding maps, 1*other map and 4*plans, all present. xiv+498pp plus a further 32 pages of publisher's catalogue, to the rear. Bound in the original brown cloth with vignette of armoured train to upper board. Corners lightly turned and lightly soiled at edges. Gilt lettering to spine. Spine cloth sunned and rippling. With frays/small splits to head and foot of joints. Top 2cm of hinge between board and free endpaper has left the upper board with some freedom (light) and cocking to the spine. Endpaper toned. Name and address of previous owner dated 1900 written to second free endpaper. Pages generally clean and bright with occasional foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Fawn cloth with the front cover showing a troop train moving down the tracks. The covers are soiled and the hinges are starting. Book.

Collector's Edition. Publisher's series bookplate front pastedown, fine. Brown leather stamped in gilt with prospectus laid in.

Hardcover. First Canadian edition. This is the Canadian first edition of Churchill's fourth published book. Both U.S. and Canadian editions were published in June 1900. The Canadian is the scarcest of the three English-language first editions. This Canadian edition was bound in tan cloth with an illustrated front cover like its British counterpart, and is easily distinguishable by a red fleur-de-lis on the spine, thinner binding, and black title and author print. The attractive binding is prone to both hinge breaks and severe spine toning. Here is a respectable and sound ex-library copy. The binding is clean, tight, and square, with only modest shelf wear to extremities and mild spine toning. Nonetheless, there is a whitish rectangle below the author's name on the spine, ostensibly from removal of a library label, library number stamps on both pastedowns, the half title, and the title page, scarring from library pocket removal on the rear pastedown and facing final free endpaper verso, and the front free endpaper has been excised, only the stub remaining. A previous owner name and date of "Xmas 1901" is written in pencil on the lower half title recto. Apart from the ex-library marks, the contents are notably clean, with no spotting, intact maps, and modest soiling and toning confined to the page edges.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British. Churchill, an itinerant, adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, swiftly found himself in South Africa with the 21st Lancers and an assignment as press correspondent to the Morning Post. Not long thereafter, on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured during a Boer ambush of an armored train. His daring and dramatic escape less than a month later made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria contains 27 letters and telegrams to the Morning Post written between 26 October 1899 and 10 March 1900. It was published in England in mid-May 1900 and sold well. Churchill returned from South Africa in July 1900 and spent the summer campaigning hard in Oldham. Churchill had lost the Oldham by-election his first attempt at Parliament in July 1899. Since then, as Arthur Balfour (who became Prime Minister in 1902) put it in a 30 August 1900 letter, the young Churchill had had "fresh opportunities - admirably taken advantage of for shewing the public of what stuff you are made." Indeed; Churchill won his first seat in Parliament on 1 October 1900 in the so-called "khaki election".Reference: Cohen A4.3.a, Woods/ICS A4(bb), Langworth p.56.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition, first impression of Winston Churchill's account of his adventures and impressions during the first five months of the African War. This is the first of two books written by Churchill regarding his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Second Boer War.Illustrated with four maps, three of which are folding and one in colour, and four illustrated plans, one full page. Collated, complete.Retaining the original half title, and with two pages of advertisements, followed by a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue, to the rear.This work recounts Churchill's story of being captured by the Boers and his daring escape which gave him celebrity status assisting in launching his political career. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Front joint and head of rear joint, starting, with significant fraying to the cloth. Discolouration to back strip, with losses to the cloth at back strip head and tail. Tide mark to head of front board. Front hinge starting, with board slightly tender. Front endpaper detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with some significant spotting to first few leaves. Tape repairs and reinforcements to reverse of folding map frontispiece. Good. book.

FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, octavo, tan cloth boards with armoured train illus to cover, 3 folding maps present, xiv + 498pp + 32pp ads to rear, VG- (heavy cracking to spine/hinges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate bruising to spine & extrems with sl surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters, 1cm closed tear to front folding map, pgs 497 + some ads completely detached but present).

xiv+498 +32pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a bit rubbed. Frontis map . Early leaves foxed and lacking ffe., otherwise a very good copy. First Edition.

xiv+498 +32pp. 8vo. Original cloth, some heavy insect damage to boards and mild edgewear to corners. Name in pencil on half title. Frontis map with some creases. A very good copy. First Edition.

496 pp. 8vo. Publisher's gilt-decorated red cloth. No dust jacket. First American edition. Very good; a tight copy with slight rubbing to extremities. Bookplate and 1900 ink gift inscription. With maps and plans as called for in Contents page.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This is a first edition, first printing of Churchill's fourth published book. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. The British first edition is striking, bound in tan cloth with an illustration of an armoured train on the front cover accompanied by the author's facsimile signature and with the Union flag and Transvaal flag in gilt on the spine beneath a red subtitle. The binding is visually arresting, but the first edition proved notoriously fragile and prone to wear, soiling, and spotting. Truly fine copies are virtually a chimera.This first edition, first printing is a sound and complete survivor, but nonetheless only in good condition, showing both its age and the various depredations to which the edition proved susceptible. The striking illustrated binding is tight, though soiled and stained, spine toned, showing some wear to hinges and extremities, and with a pronounced forward lean. The contents show typical spotting, heaviest to the prelims, intermittent throughout. We find no previous ownership marks. The original black endpapers are intact with no sign of cracking at the gutters. All maps and plans are present, with the folding maps at the title page and p.366 fully intact. The contents are bound with the early issue of the original publisher's catalogue dated "10/99". All maps and plans are present, with the folding maps at the title page and p.366 fully intact.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British. Churchill, an itinerant, adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, swiftly found himself in South Africa with the 21st Lancers and an assignment as press correspondent to the Morning Post. Not long thereafter, on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured during a Boer ambush of an armored train. His daring and dramatic escape less than a month later made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria contains 27 letters and telegrams to the Morning Post written between 26 October 1899 and 10 March 1900. It was published in England in mid-May 1900 and sold well. Churchill returned from South Africa in July 1900 and spent the summer campaigning hard in Oldham. Churchill had lost the Oldham by-election his first attempt at Parliament in July 1899. Since then, as Arthur Balfour (who became Prime Minister in 1902) put it in a 30 August 1900 letter, the young Churchill had had "fresh opportunities - admirably taken advantage of for shewing the public of what stuff you are made." Indeed; Churchill won his first seat in Parliament on 1 October 1900 in the so-called "khaki election".Reference: Cohen A4.1.a, Woods/ICS A4(a.1), Langworth p.53.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Uncredited Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. ----------( 1st Printing of the First Canadian Edition ) ----hardcover, a solid Very Good example, brown cloth with black and red lettering, red fleur-de-lis on spine (as issued), decorated front board of a train going across the South African countryside, a very tidy copy with light rubbing, a bit of age toning to edges of the text block, small (turn-of-the-century) bookseller's stamp on verso of front board ( J EASTWOOD & Co. Booksellers & Stationers Hamilton. )--that would be Hamilton Ontario, ink name and June 1900 date on front blank endpaper (a member of the POWIS family, again, likely of Hamilton ), ---this book was issued in June 1900 so this is a VERY early copy (with that June 1900 date), ---a bit age toning to the paper, rear interior hinge is starting, ---overall a very tidy copy ---all fold-out maps (3) are present as are all illustrations/plans, ---496 pages, ---of the three English language editions ( British / American / Canadian ) the CDN edition is by far the scarcest and as a bonus it reproduces the style and design of the UK edition (with the red fleur-de-lis added to the CANUCK issue ), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.25w x 7.5h Inches. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. 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.

Condition: very good. 1st Canadian Edition. xi,1l.,496 pp.pp. Sm. Octavo. Three folding maps (including frontispiece) and illustrations (maps and plans) in original decorated brown cloth. Spine somewhat darkened. Text is very clean with no internal problems. Boards a little soiled but overall a very presentable copy. very good Woods A4 (1ST English Edition). A personal record of the author's experiences in the first five months of the African war originally published in the 'Morning Post'. Scarcer than the U.K or U.S. Editions.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. worn copy, spine splitting, contents good, complete with maps, somewhat messy inscription on title page(see photo) Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First US Edition. Old name on endpaper, bookstore stamp, light rubbing on cloth; Red cloth, to edge gilt, 3 foldout maps, one in color ; Red cloth, teg, 3 foldout maps, one in color ; 3 foldout maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 496 pages.

First American edition. Original red cloth, now a little darkened on spine, lettered and ruled in gilt; lightly rubbed at spine ends and along bottom edge. Lacks frontis map (no evidence that it was ever bound in). Apart from missing map, a fine, bright, tight copy.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition, first impression of Winston Churchill's account of his adventures and impressions during the first five months of the African War. This is the first of two books written by Churchill regarding his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Second Boer War.Illustrated with four maps, three of which are folding and one in colour, and four illustrated plans, one full page. Collated, complete.Retaining the original half title, and with two pages of advertisements, followed by a thirty-two pages publisher's catalogue, to the rear.Subscription Library bookplate to front pastedown, with no further library markings.This work recounts Churchill's story of being captured by the Boers and his daring escape which gave him celebrity status assisting in launching his political career. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front and rear hinges starting, with cloth fraying. Discolouration to cloth, with rubbing to rear board. Front hinge strained, with board slightly tender. Library bookplate to front pastedown. 'Introductory Note' leaf detached from binding, loosely inserted, otherwise, Internally, firmly bound. Significant closed tear to folding map frontispiece. handling marks to first few leaves, most concentrated to list of plates. Pages clean and bright. Good. book.

Fawn Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Light Wear and Soiling. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First English Edition. Spine just a bit faded. Front cover vignette and red lettering are bright. Small brown spot rear cover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, dated 20/6/00. Three folding maps, one in color, five maps and plans in text. Thirty-two page catalogue dated 10/99 at rear. The work is Churchill's account of the early months of the Second Boer War. Ladysmith is a city in South Africa. 498pp. Size: Crown Octavo.

Hardcover. First edition, second printing. This is a scarce variant binding of the first edition, second and final printing of Churchill's fourth published book. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa, where his capture, captivity, and daring escape made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career. The British first edition is striking, with an illustration of an armoured train on the front cover accompanied by the author's facsimile signature and with the Union flag and Transvaal flag in gilt on the spine beneath a red subtitle. The second and final printing of the first edition came just two weeks after the first printing. The two printings have virtually identical appearance and content, the only readily discernible difference being the words "NEW IMPRESSION" on the title page. Not so identical is the scarce variant binding of the second printing, which instead of the typical light tan cloth features a distinctly darker medium brown cloth. We have seen only a handful of these variant bindings. Here is one. Moreover, this copy presents a further bibliographic curiosity. Churchill's bibliographer, Ronald Cohen, makes note of the variant binding, but specifies that "The endpapers are white wove unwatermarked paper". We have previously encountered two copies with brown endpapers. This is the first variant binding copy we have encountered with original black endpapers, identical to those of the first printing. Condition of this second and final printing variant binding is very good. The binding is tight with no appreciable spine toning and only modest wear to extremities and only light overall soiling. Shelf presentation is particularly impressive for the edition, rendered so not only by the variant binding, but also by condition. The contents retain a crisp feel, mildly age-toned. A single previous owner name is inked to the upper recto of the second blank endpaper. The original black endpapers are intact and all maps and plans are present, as are the folding maps at the title page and p.366. Spotting is modest for the edition, notable only at the prelims and page edges, which also show some age-toning and dust soiling to the top edge.In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British. Churchill, an adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, swiftly found himself in South Africa with the 21st Lancers and an assignment as press correspondent to the Morning Post. Not long thereafter, on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured during a Boer ambush of an armored train. His daring and dramatic escape less than a month later made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria contains 27 letters and telegrams to the Morning Post written between 26 October 1899 and 10 March 1900. It was published in England in mid-May 1900 and sold well. Churchill returned from South Africa in July 1900 and spent the summer campaigning hard in Oldham. Churchill had lost the Oldham by-election his first attempt at Parliament in July 1899. Since then, as Arthur Balfour (who became Prime Minister in 1902) put it in a 30 August 1900 letter, the young Churchill had had "fresh opportunities - admirably taken advantage of for shewing the public of what stuff you are made." Indeed; Churchill won his first seat in Parliament on 1 October 1900 in the so-called "khaki election".Reference: Cohen A4.1.c, Woods/ICS A4(a.2), Langworth p.53.

Hardcover. First U.S. edition, only printing. This is a quite respectable copy of the U.S. first edition of Churchill's fourth published book. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British. Churchill, an adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, swiftly found himself in South Africa with the 21st Lancers and an assignment as press correspondent to the Morning Post. Not long thereafter, on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured during a Boer ambush of an armored train. His daring escape less than a month later made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria contains 27 letters and telegrams to the Morning Post written between 26 October 1899 and 10 March 1900. It was published in England in mid-May 1900 and sold well. Churchill returned from South Africa in July 1900 and spent the summer campaigning hard in Oldham, where he won his first seat in Parliament on 1 October 1900 in the so-called "khaki election". The American edition offered here is both distinctly different in appearance and more scarce than its British first edition counterpart. The U.S. first edition saw just a single printing of which no more than an estimated 1,850 copies were sold. As opposed to the illustrated khaki cloth of the British first edition, this U.S. edition is bound in pebble grain red cloth that proved quite susceptible to blotchy wear and soiling, particularly on the spine. This is an atypically bright and respectable copy in very good condition. The binding is square, clean, and tight with mild superficial scuffing and light wear to extremities, but is nonetheless quite bright for the edition, with no discernible color shift between the covers and spine and quite good shelf presentation for the edition. The contents are notably bright with no previous ownership marks. All maps and plans are intact, including the folding maps, which remain properly folded. The top edge gilt is bright. Trivial spotting is confined to the fore and bottom edges. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A4.2, Woods/ICS A4(b), Langworth p.55.

Condition: good to very good. 1st Edition. xiv,498pp. + 32pp. adspp. Octavo. Three folding maps (including frontispiece in colour) and illustrations in text (maps and plans). In original decorated brown cloth with occasional foxing to a few pages. Original black endpapers. Text a bit browned as usual. Edges a bit soiled. Spine slightly dull and a bit soiled. Signature of A M Pirie dated 1901 on first blank. good to very good Woods A4 (1st English Edition). A personal record of the author's experiences in the first five months of the African war originally published in the 'Morning Post.' 10,000 copies were published for the first edition and another 500 copies were printed a few days later.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This is the first edition, first printing of Churchill's fourth published book. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. The British first edition is striking, bound in tan cloth with an illustration of an armoured train on the front cover accompanied by the author's facsimile signature and with the Union flag and Transvaal flag in gilt on the spine beneath a red subtitle. The binding is visually arresting, but the first edition proved notoriously fragile and prone to wear, soiling, and spotting. Truly fine copies are virtually a chimera.This first edition, first printing is in good plus condition, original, complete, sound, unrestored with notably clean contents. The binding remains square and tight, the illustrated front cover quite presentable, the gilt and red subtitle print still clearly legible on the only lightly toned spine. We note general wear to extremities, modest overall soiling, some small stains to the blank rear cover, and some fraying along the joints. Shelf presentation is quite decent for the edition. The contents are not only bright, but retain a crisp feel, with minimal spotting confined to the prelims and page edges. The original black endpapers are intact with no sign of cracking at the gutters. All maps and plans are present, with the folding maps at the title page and p.366 fully intact. The contents are bound with the early issue of the original publisher's catalogue dated "10/99". The sole previous ownership mark is contemporary, five weeks after publication: a brief gift inscription and date of "June 23 1900" inked on the upper recto of the blank preceding the half title. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British. Churchill, an itinerant, adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, swiftly found himself in South Africa with the 21st Lancers and an assignment as press correspondent to the Morning Post. Not long thereafter, on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured during a Boer ambush of an armored train. His daring and dramatic escape less than a month later made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria contains 27 letters and telegrams to the Morning Post written between 26 October 1899 and 10 March 1900. It was published in England in mid-May 1900 and sold well. Churchill returned from South Africa in July 1900 and spent the summer campaigning hard in Oldham. Churchill had lost the Oldham by-election his first attempt at Parliament in July 1899. Since then, as Arthur Balfour (who became Prime Minister in 1902) put it in a 30 August 1900 letter, the young Churchill had had "fresh opportunities - admirably taken advantage of for shewing the public of what stuff you are made." Indeed; Churchill won his first seat in Parliament on 1 October 1900 in the so-called "khaki election".Reference: Cohen A4.1.a, Woods/ICS A4(a.1), Langworth p.53.

[Travel/History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xiv, 498 [2], and 32-page publisher's catalogue. Illustrated with folding coloured map, 3 further maps, 4 plans. In publisher's tan cloth with gilt and red titles to spine, black and red titles to upper board, and a black stamped illustration of an armoured troop train, black endpapers. No inscriptions, some light spotting within, slight lean to text block, covers show a little use and soiling. Very good. Winston Churchill's personal account of the first five months of the Boer War, which includes impressions on the Relief of Ladysmith, and also the story of WSC's capture, and dramatic escape from the Boers. He was captured while a military reporter, but fled his prison camp and travelled almost 300 miles to Portuguese Lourenço Marques in Delagoa Bay, with the assistance of an English mine manager. His escape made him a minor national hero for a time in Britain, though instead of returning home, he rejoined General Buller's army on its march to relieve the British at the Siege of Ladysmith and take Pretoria. He was one of the first British troops through, and in fact, alongside his cousin the Duke of Marlborough, was able to get ahead on horseback to demand and receive the surrender of 52 Boer guards from the prison camp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The first of two Boer War volumes derived from young Winston's newspaper despatches as a war correspondent in South Africa, featuring a thrilling account of his escape from a Boer prison, an escape that helped launch his political career. This is a very good copy of the First English edition. The cloth has darkened significantly, particularly along the spine, which is unfrayed, but a bit undulated. The binding is firm, if just a touch cocked, and the corners are turned. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with all maps present. Overall, a very healthy survivor that does show its age but is in better shape than most. 8vo (516 pages with 3 folding maps, 5 other plans and maps, 32-page rear publisher?s catalogue.) (Cohen A4.1.a) (Woods A4a).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. 1st Edition. Cannot authenticate signature. x-lib. slight cover lean. sticker residue and minor white out on spine. one bumped corner; map is black and white with colour lines and library taped to the inside blank front page; library stamp on first page and on inside front cover; pages are intact in this century old book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Canadian edition. This is a collector-worthy Canadian first edition of Churchill's fourth published book. Both U.S. and Canadian editions were published in June 1900. The Canadian is the scarcest of the three English-language first editions. This Canadian edition was bound in tan cloth with an illustrated front cover like its British counterpart, and is easily distinguishable by a red fleur-de-lis on the spine, thinner binding, and black title and author print. The attractive binding is prone to both hinge breaks and severe spine toning. Here is a superior example, in better than very good plus condition. The binding remains tight and square, with sharp corners. There is almost no reportable wear, with only trivial wrinkling at the spine ends. We would grade this copy as near fine with no qualifiers were it not for some of the customary spine toning endemic to this edition. Nonetheless, shelf presentation is quite respectable, the spine color even and the red fleur-de-lis still clearly legible. The contents are likewise in superior condition. We find no spotting and modest age-toning shows appreciably only on the page edges. There are three previous ownership marks: an attractive illustrated bookplate affixed to the front pastedown; an inked name on the upper front free endpaper recto; and a third name and date of "1900 June" - presumably that of the original owner inked on the upper title page. The ink of this original owner's name has spread with time.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British. Churchill, an itinerant, adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, swiftly found himself in South Africa with the 21st Lancers and an assignment as press correspondent to the Morning Post. Not long thereafter, on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured during a Boer ambush of an armored train. His daring and dramatic escape less than a month later made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career.London to Ladysmith via Pretoria contains 27 letters and telegrams to the Morning Post written between 26 October 1899 and 10 March 1900. It was published in England in mid-May 1900 and sold well. Churchill returned from South Africa in July 1900 and spent the summer campaigning hard in Oldham. Churchill had lost the Oldham by-election his first attempt at Parliament in July 1899. Since then, as Arthur Balfour (who became Prime Minister in 1902) put it in a 30 August 1900 letter, the young Churchill had had "fresh opportunities - admirably taken advantage of for shewing the public of what stuff you are made." Indeed; Churchill won his first seat in Parliament on 1 October 1900 in the so-called "khaki election".Reference: Cohen A4.3.a, Woods/ICS A4(bb), Langworth p.56.