THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE -First Colonial Library Hardcover Edition-

Winston [W. Spencer] Churchill

Published by Longmans Green & Co., London, 1898

First Colonial Library Edition [1 of 1,075 copies]. Churchill's first book: True-life military adventures drawn from newspaper despatches filed by the 22-year-old correspondent while serving on India's Afghanistan-bordering Northwest Frontier under Major-General Sir Bindon Blood. An astonishingly fresh, virtually mint copy of the rare First Colonial Library hardcover edition, which was "intended for circulation only in India and the British colonies." Harsher climate conditions in the colonies generally resulted in low survival rates for these volumes. Thus, the immaculateness of this example is so striking. Typographically, the front cover is also an undocumented variant, with Churchill's name rendered as "W. Spencer Churchill," absent the initial "L." [for Leonard] that is usually present. (The "L" was dropped on all Second Edition covers.) The title page here conforms to the First Edition title page.The spine is unfaded; as strongly colored as the front and rear faces. The gilt titles are bright. The binding is crisp, tight and square, with sharp corners. The contents are fine and virtually unfoxed.Simply an exceptional copy. 8vo (337 pages, with frontis portrait and 6 maps, including 2 fold-out in color.) (Cohen A1.2.a) (Woods A1ab). Seller Inventory # 141496

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE -First...
Publisher: Longmans Green & Co., London
Publication Date: 1898
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.