London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
by CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Longmans, Green & Co 1900. 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)
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- Title
- London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
- Author
- CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co 1900
- Keywords
- first edition Winston Churchill Africa Boer military politics illustrated history
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