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Sale 425: Americana - Travel - History - Maps - Prints (#425) 04/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #96 London to Ladysmith via Pretoria

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$593.75

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Title:

London to Ladysmith via Pretoria

Author:

Churchill, Winston Spencer

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Longmans, Green, and Co.

Date Published:

1900

Description:

xiv, 498 pp. 4 maps (3 folding); 4 plans in text. (8vo) later red half morocco and cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt. First Edition.

A personal record of Churchill's adventures and impressions during the first five months of the Boer War in Africa, with "a tolerably coherent account of the operations conducted by Sir Redvers Buller for the Relief of Ladysmith." Woods A4.

Condition:

Light spotting to cloth; near fine.

Item#:

209701

Headline:

Churchill's London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
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