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The Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
by Churchill, Winston L Spencer
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1901. No dustwrapper. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of maroon boards, some wear to bottom corners of same. Some fading to edges of (mostly) front board, but gilt lines to the edge of front board and gilt titles on spine are still bright. Some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in March 1898, but with many errors, the book was issued with the corrections in this "Silver Library" edition in January 1899 (1440 copies), with a reprint in February 1901 (1000 copies of which 337 sold). The endpapers in this copy have the swan and ship motif with the date 1726, which was used with the first edition, other copies have 1724. Deals with the Malakand campaign of July-August 1897, when British garrisons were besieged by Pashtun tribesman in the Malakand area of what is now northern Pakistan before a relief column arrived. 337pp plus 40pp adverts, b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard, 6 maps (2 of which folding). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012635
- Title
- The Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
- Author
- Churchill, Winston L Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- North-West-frontier, relief-of-Malakand, Silver-Library-edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- India; HISTORY / Military / Other;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
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Kirkwall, Orkney
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