The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
$750 · Offered by Churchill Book Collector
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1899. Hardcover. This is the first printing of the Silver Library edition of Churchill's first book. The Story of the Malakand Field Force was based on Churchill's exploits with Sir Bindon Blood's expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. While Churchill had previously applied his pen as a published correspondent, this was his first book-length work and he clearly labored over it: I have discovered a
- Printing: first
- Binding: Hardcover
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