Description:
W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War by Winston S. Churchill - 1898
by Winston S. Churchill
Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, only printing, first state of Churchill's first book, based on his exploits with Sir Bindon Blood's expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. First state is confirmed by the lack of an errata slip and a publishers catalogue dated 12/97. Condition is very good overall, a quite respectable sound and unrestored copy. The publishers green cloth binding remains tight and square with sharp corners and only light wear to hinges and extremities. The chief exterior defects are modest overall spine toning and a roughly .75 x .75 inch stain at the lower front corner. Nonetheless, shelf presentation is good, with strong green color despite the toning and gilt that remains bright and distinct. The contents are quite clean for the edition. Spotting is mostly confined to the page edges and first several leaves spanning the half title to the contents, only occasionally intruding to blank inner margins of the main text. We find no previous ownership marks. All maps are intact, including the folding maps at pages 1 and 146, as is the frontispiece and tissue guard. The original black endpapers are present, with an unobtrusive cosmetic split to the paper at the front pastedown gutter that in no way affects binding integrity. When this book was written and published, Churchill was a young cavalry officer still serving in India. While he had successfully applied his pen as a war correspondent - indeed the book is based on his dispatches to the Daily Telegraph and the Pioneer Mail - this was his first book-length work. The young Churchill was motivated by a combination of pique and ambition. He was vexed that his Daily Telegraph columns were to be published unsigned. On 25 October 1897 Churchill wrote to his mother: "...I had written them with the design... of bringing my personality before the electorate." Two weeks later, his resolve to write a book firming, Churchill again wrote to his mother: "...It is a great undertaking but if carried out will yield substantial results in every way, financially, politically, and even, though do I care a damn, militarily." Having invested his ambition in this first book, he clearly labored over it: "I have discovered a great power of application which I did not think I possessed. For two months I have worked not less than five hours a day." The finished manuscript was sent to his mother on the last day of 1897 and published on 14 March of 1898. Publication was arranged by Churchill's uncle while the author was still in India, resulting in numerous spelling and detail errors. Churchill was incensed by the errors and acted with haste to address them. Hence later states of the first edition bear errata slips. Home Issue copies also bear a 32-page Longmans, Green catalogue bound in at the back, which is dated either "12/97" or "3/98" at the foot of page 32. With only a little more than 1,900 copies bound, this first edition of Churchill's first book is both desirable and elusive. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A1.1.a, Woods/ICS A1(aa), Langworth p.12.
- Bookseller Churchill Book Collector (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition, only printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1898
We have 62 copies available starting at £12.39.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
by Churchill, Winston S
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028140
- ISBN 10
- 0393028143
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
£12.39
Show Details
Item Price
£12.39
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
by Churchill, Winston S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028140
- ISBN 10
- 0393028143
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Item Price
-
£9.60
Show Details
Description:
W.W. Norton, 1990. hardcover. Very Good/good. 16x16x16. ships same or next day with tracking
Item Price
£9.60
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Story of the Malakand Field Force - An Episode of the Frontier War
by Winston S. Churchill
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 13
- 9781604502237
- ISBN 10
- 1604502231
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Seller
-
Woodside, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£11.53
Show Details
Description:
Arc Manor , pp. 212 . Papeback. New.
Item Price
£11.53
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
by Churchill, Winston S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028140
- ISBN 10
- 0393028143
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Syracuse, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£12.01
Show Details
Description:
W. W. Norton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0393028143 . Board edges have some wear and rubbing. .
Item Price
£12.01
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Story of the Malakand Field Force - An Episode of the Frontier War
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9781604502237
- ISBN 10
- 1604502231
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
£17.53
Show Details
Description:
Arc Manor, 2008-05-01. Paperback. Good.
Item Price
£17.53
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
by Churchill, Winston S
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9781604245486
- ISBN 10
- 1604245484
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£9.89
Show Details
Description:
Paperback. Very Good.
Item Price
£9.89
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE: An Episode of Frontier War
by Churchill, Winston S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781566191272
- ISBN 10
- 1566191270
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
£16.02
Show Details
Description:
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. (1993), 233pp, slight soiling & shelfwear to cover, top corners slightly bumped, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -.
Item Price
£16.02
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Story of the Malakand Field Force - An Episode of the Frontier War
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9781604502237
- ISBN 10
- 1604502231
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
£20.16
Show Details
Description:
Arc Manor, 2008-05-01. Paperback. Used:Good.
Item Price
£20.16
The Story of the Malakand Field Force - An Episode of the Frontier War
by Churchill K G, Sir Winston S
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9781604502237
- ISBN 10
- 1604502231
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£12.52
Show Details
Description:
Paperback. Very Good.
Item Price
£12.52
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9781426435096
- ISBN 10
- 1426435096
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
£22.18
Show Details
Description:
BiblioBazaar, 2006-10-07. Paperback. Good.
Item Price
£22.18