London To Ladysmith Via Pretoria by Winston S. Churchill - 2005-09-20

Wildside Press, 2005-09-28. Paperback. Good.

Benediction Classics, 2011-04-22. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Wildside Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. 212 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria.

Wildside Press, 2005-09-28. Paperback. Used:Good.

Benediction Classics, 2011. Hardcover. New. 226 pages. 9.10x5.90x0.80 inches.

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Ltd., 1900. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. 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… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 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,… Read More

E-144. Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 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… Read More

LONDON TO LADYSMITH VIA PRETORIA, Longmans, Green, 1900, first American edition, spine lettering dulled, else a very good to very good plus copy with all maps and illustrations present and in fine condition. 1/3,000 copies.