THE RIVER WAR: AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECONQUEST OF THE SUDAN (Fifth cheap edition in the uncommon dustwrapper

The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill P.C., O.M., C.H., F.R.S., M.P.

Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 15 Bedford Street London, W.C.2, 1951

About this Item

Fifth cheap edition, published during the second World War in 1940. The book was first published in 1899, with a second revised edition in 1902. The first cheap edition appeared in 1933, with a second edition also in 1933, third edition in 1940, fourth edition in 1949, followed by this edition in 1951. Illustrated with twenty-two maps and plans, including fold-out maps, all of which are present as called for.

***Near fine in beige cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Edges and corners of boards just slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, but no serious bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean - no foxing. Internally also near fine, with no previous ownership marks - just a small Foyles bookseller's label on the front pastedown, covered by the front flap of the dustwrapper. Pages clean. No internal foxing. No creases or tears. All folding maps clean and in near fine condition.

***In a near fine dustwrapper, which is virtually complete with just the slightest of loss at the top of the spine and top corner tips. Some rubbing and creasing to the edges, but no serious creasing, and no chips or tears. No fading even to the spine. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 21s. net. Dustwrapper bright. ***xii prelim pages including contents and a three-page introduction by Winston Churchill - plus a two-page extract from the preface of the first edition to the fore, also by Winston Churchill - plus 381 pages including Appendix A & B and Index at the back of the book. 221mm x 148mm.

***'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 Omburman; The Fall of the City; 'The Fashoda Incident'; On the Blue Nile; The End of the Khalifa; Appendix A: Composition of the Staff during the River War; Appendix B: Text of the Soudan Agreement of the 19th of January, 1899, and of the Declaration of the 21st of March, 1899.

***A near fine example of the fifth cheap edition, published in 1951, with all twenty-two folding maps and text maps present, as called for. Of interest to collectors of books by Winston Churchill and military historians. Originally published in 1899, "The River War" recounts Churchill's experiences and reflections concerning British involvement in the Sudan, including Churchill's participation in "the last great British cavalry charge". In 1933, a so-called 'Second Cheap Edition' was made from plates of the 1902 edition, with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author, in which he explained that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." There were ultimately five printings of this edition published, the last appearing in 1951. Examples in complete dustwrappers are now most uncommon.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE RIVER WAR: AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECONQUEST OF THE SUDAN (Fifth cheap edition in the uncommon dustwrapper
• Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 15 Bedford Street London, W.C.2
• Publication Date: 1951
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Wartime & Post War Publishing 1939-1950
  • History & Military