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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. London et al: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898.
8vo. Frontispiece, 6 maps (2 in color and folding). (Some toning, minor loss to pp. 133-136 not affecting text, lacking errata slip and most tissue guards.) Original apple green cloth gilt (spine darkened, some soiling and light wear, upper joint starting); slipcase.
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. Woods A1(a).
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto