Sir Colonel Charles William Wilson (5 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. It was one of the great, true adventures of the 19th century. A British Army corps made a daring dash up the Nile in 1884-85 to rescue General Gordon of Khartoum in that besieged city. Hastily assembled but determined on their goal, the force fought time, the legendary Nile cataracts (rapids), punishing heat, sandstorms, and Arab tribesmen.This memoir by one of the participants in command, Colonel Charles W. Wilson, is one of the most thrilling, detailed, and concise accounts of the campaign against the Muslim religious leader and self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad.Wilson commanded troops at the Battle of Abu Klea and other sites. He tells of repeatedly being attacked and outnumbered at in the desert and while steaming up the river to Khartoum. Wilson led the troopers and steamboats all the way to the city where Gordon was captive, only to find out under severe fire that it was all too late.Wilson was a friend of Gordon's and a great admirer of the popular General Stewart, who died of wounds received in battle.The modest Wilson, always ready to give credit to others, left us a throat-grabbing account of an important campaign.and almost didn't live to tell the tale. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

First Edition. Folio. Volume III: VI, Map of Palestine, 240 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings / Volume IV: VI, Map of Egypt and Sinai, 236 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings. Very decorative full red Morocco with gilt lettering and ornament, bound by Francis Guy, Cork. Bindings rubbed with some minor wormhole-damage to Volume IV. PAstedowns and endpapers a little stained and dusty but interior absolutely excellent besides some foxing to tissue-guards. Illustrations in the two Volumes include: Volume III: Full-page Steel-Engravings: 1. The Gorge of the Kadisha, Lebanon (Frontispiece) 2. Convent of St.Catherine, Mount Sinai (Title-Vignette) 3. Map of Palestine (Two colours) 4. Bay of Beirut 5. Sidon 6. Tyre 7. Mount Carmel 8. Caesarea 9. Jaffa, The Ancient Joppa 10. Gaza 11. Hebron 12. Entrance to the Valley of Petra With c. 160 Wood-Illustrations Volume IV: Full-page Steel-Engravings: 1. El Hesweh, Wady Feiran 2. Tombs in the Eastern Cliffs of Petra 3. Map of Egypt and Sinai (Two Colours) 4. Jebel Kanata, Wadi Magharah (Approach to Mount Serbal) 5. Mount Serbal from Wady Feiran 6. Wady Sho-Eib - Jethro's Valley 7. Pyramids of Gizeh 8. Luxor 9. The Great Temple at Karnak 10. Philae With c. 160 Wood-Illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 209 pages. Index. Nine black and white plates. Twelve black and white figures. Fold-out two-colour plan of Jerusalem at back. Published posthumously. A detailed investigation of the question of the validity of the traditional sites of the Holy Sepulchre and of Golgotha. Average wear and soiling to dark yellow exterior. All lettering and gilt decorations clearly legible/visible upon backstrip and front board. Binding intact. Prior owner's signature atop title page, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy.