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Lot 369
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898.
8vo. Frontispiece and 6 maps, 2 folding. (Minor toning, occasional spotting.) Original apple green cloth gilt lettered (spine darkened, light soiling, spine slightly leaned).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Churchill's first book, an account of the uprising on the North-West Frontier of India (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan). With 32-page Classified Catalogue printed on thinner paper, separately numbered, and dated 12/97 on the last page. Frontispiece with tissue guard, others lacking. No errata slip. Woods A1(a).