The River War.

£3,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Churchill's account of his adventures during the war in the Sudan The River War was Churchill's second published book after The Story of the Malakand Field Force and is one of the scarcer Churchill titles. In vivid style the book describes the background to the war, the relationship of the Upper Nile to Egypt, the murder of General Charles George Gordon in the siege at Khartoum, the political reaction in England, and Kitchener's elaborate preparations for the war. While in the Sudan, Churchill participated in the Battle of Omdurman. Churchill comments at length on the mechanisation of war with use of the telegraph, railroad, and a new generation of weaponry. First edition, first issue; 2 vols, 8vo (23 x 16.5 cm); 2 frontispieces with tissue-guards, 45 illustrations, 34 maps and plans (some folding), very faint marginal spotting to pages, not affecting text, very small repaired tear (approx. 1cm) to half-title of vol. 2, a very good set; modern fine binding by Bayntun, half blue morocco over blue cloth boards lined in gilt, top edge gilt, spine in 6 compartments with one-line gilt-panelled border, lettering in gilt to second, third and fourth, very minor signs of wear to extremities, spine faded, else very good; xxii, [i], 462; x, [iii], 499 pp. Woods A2 (a).

• Binding: Hardcover

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