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Lot 370
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 River War. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899.
2 volumes, 8vo. 7 photogravure plates, 20 folding maps, and numerous other maps and illustrations. Original illustrated dark blue cloth gilt (light wear, spines lightly leaned). Provenance: Annenberg Library, The Episcopal Academy; Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira (stamp, bookplate); J.G., London (pencil inscription, dated 1928).
FIRST EDITION of Churchill's second book as a young war correspondent, covering the British involvement in Sudan and Upper Nile region. Woods A2(a).