London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
by Winston Churchill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£700.00£630.00
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of Winston Churchill's volume recounting his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with a colour folding map to the frontispiece, two folding maps, one map, and four plans.Collated, complete.Thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.Rebacked with the original boards and spine restored.'London to Ladysmith via Pretoria' recounts Churchill's impressions during the first five months of the Second Boer War, a personal record of his time.This work include Churchill's account of the Relief of Ladysmith, as well as his capture and escape from the Boers, a dramatic event. In the original publisher's cloth binding, rebacked with the original boards and spine restored. A touch of discolouration and some marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Evidence of a small patch of former loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned with a few light spots. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 770P30
- Title
- London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
- Author
- Winston Churchill
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- London to Ladysmith via Pretoria winston churchill london ladysmith winston churchill second boer war churchill
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...