ISBN: 9780800821685 - Dervish: The Rise and Fall of an African Empire (13 results)

Condition: Very Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good, with minor wear. The hardcover is in good condition with a dust jacket that has minor wear but remains intact. The binding is firm, and the pages are clean with no inscriptions or markings. The book is not an ex-library copy, maintaining its original integrity. First published in the United States in 1975. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, 1975. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Very Good -. (1973), 235pp, illus., bottom corners bumped, slight shelfwear to cover, sun fading to dj spine, slight edgewear to dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1975 1st Am. ed. 235pp. illus. hardback 8vo: Very Good+ in a Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some newspaper clipping ghosts on front endpp; else VG+; dj = closed tear back cover; else VG] A popular history of the Victorian Sudan campaigns.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Flawless.

orange & brown hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first U.S. edition. first printing ( FPu US1975 & nap ). 235p. footnotes throughout. 24 glossy b&w illustrations. 5 b&w maps. appendix. index. world history. british empire. history of egypt. history of sudan. rudolf slatin pasha. khartoum. general gordon. lord kitchener. omdurman. blue nile. white nile. mohammed ahmed ibn al~sayid abdullah (the mahdi). ~At the zenith of British colonial power, a local Holy War against the tyranny of Turkish/Egyptian overlords, led by a Sudanese religious leader called the Mahdi, spread in the 1880s to engulf a million square miles of arid desert territory. The Mahdi, whose name means one who guides, was a dynamic, charismatic leader and the fanatical zeal which he instilled in the Dervish forces that followed him eventually caused a confrontation that marked a most extraordinary episode in British political and military history. Aided by the rivalry that existed between the English and French colonial governments, the Mahdi took decisive action to stake his claim as a Messiah who would free his people from their oppressors, defeating an Egyptian force and then, in 1883, an Anglo~Egyptian force. Eventually, after a gruelling campaign, the Dervish soldiers who survived the Mahdi were overcome by a charge of the 21st Lancers which happened to include a young lieutenant named Winston Churchill. Illustrated with interesting photographs and plates, Mr. Warner's reconstruction of this conflict draws on firsthand diaries and reports to evoke the many amazing feats of courage and resourcefulness common to both sides. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Light to moderate foxing to the upper exterior page edges. Binding is fine. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Dj is in excellent condition and is protected by a mylar cover.

Condition: FINE. First US printing. Using first-hand diaries and reports, including those of Rider Haggard's brother Andrew and of Father Ohrwalder (the Austrian missionary who spent ten years of captivity in the Mahdi's camp), this is an account of a remarkable episode in the 'high Empire' period of British history. "The Mahdi's rising in the Sudan in the 1880s starting as a localized Holy War against the 'decadent' Turkish/Egyptian overlords, engulfed a million square miles of arid territory and forced the British Liberal Government to get involved after the early disasters of the Hicks expedition and Gordon's death at Khartoum. It describes the growth and strength of the Mahdist movement and the extraordinary devotion and discipline of the Dervish troops. Facing such opponents with stoic endurance were the British, Egyptian and Sudanese Negro soldiers, and the resulting military engagements evoked amazing feats of courage and derring-do on both sides. The Dervish Empire outlasted the Mahdi by thirteen years." Illustrated with photographs. Index. 235 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket (some short tears to the dj).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, previous owner's embossed stamp on FFEP as well as a number stamped at top of page.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W illustrations.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages; "The Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a state based on a religious and political movement launched in 1881 by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah (later Muhammad al-Mahdi) against the Khedivate of Egypt, which had ruled Sudan since 1821. After four years of struggle, the Mahdist rebels overthrew the Ottoman-Egyptian administration and established their own "Islamic and national" government with its capital in Omdurman. Thus, from 1885 the Mahdist government maintained sovereignty and control over the Sudanese territories until its existence was terminated by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1898." (Wikipedia). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 235pp, appendix, bw ills, map. Or brick papered boards with black cloth spine in jacket. Page edges have some foxing. Jacket price clipped, very slightly sunned on spine. The author draws on first hand diaries and reports to evoke the feats of courage on both sides of the Mahdi and his dervish forces, and the British. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. 235 pages; B&W photographs and illustrations. Mylar case around DJ. Moderate foxing to the exterior edges of textblock. Light rubbing to DJ's rear. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. …

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