The river war : an account of the reconquest of the Soudan / by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill
1949, Third Edition. London : Eyre & Spottiswoode. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #480180
Physical description; 11 unnumbered, 381 pages : maps (some folded), plans (some folded) ; 22 cm. Contents; The rebellion of the Mahdi -- The fate of the envoy -- The Dervish Empire -- The years of preparation -- The beginning of the war -- Firket -- The recovery of the Dongola Province -- The desert railway -- Abu Hamed -- Berber -- Reconnaissance -- The battle of the Atbara -- The grand advance -- The operations of the first of September -- The battle of Omdurman -- The fall of the city -- 'The Fashoda Incident' -- On the Blue Nile -- The end of the Khalifa. Subject; Sudan History.
Price: €48.00