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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. “… the indiscriminating bullet settles everything.” This remarkable association copy of the first edition of Winston ChurchillÂ’s first published book belonged to the bereaved family of Lieutenant-Colonel James Loughnan OÂ’Bryen, whose death Churchill eloquently mourns at pages 245-7. Noteworthy for condition alone, this book is not only enriched by association with OÂ’BryenÂ’s family, but is also accompanied by a small archive including an original drawing of the Malakand Pass and five contemporary photographs depicting Colonel OÂ’Bryen, his Regiment, and a native militia. Lieutenant-Colonel James Loughnan OÂ’Bryen (1858-1897) was born in Delhi and educated in England. His father was a decorated Colonel with the Indian Staff Corps. OÂ’Bryen entered the Army in 1874 (the year Churchill was born), joining the Indian Staff Corps himself in 1876. OÂ’Bryen was second in command of the 30th Punjabis when he was given… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1898. First edition, first issue of the book, no other printings were issued of the first edition but one. This copy with the printed errata slip tipped in. A complete and perfect copy. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps in colour and 4 sketches and plans. 8vo, publisher’s original pale green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and cover. Now housed in a very fine light-red morocco fold-over case, the spine panel of the case with raised bands stopped in gilt, the compartments with gilt ruled frames, lettered and numbered in 3 compartments in gilt. xv, 336, 32 ads. An extremely fine copy, all tissue guards present, maps and sketches all in especially fine condition, the cloth as pristine and about as fine and clean as one could hope to find. THE FIRST EDITION, AND AN EXTREMELY FINE AND CLEAN COPY OF THIS INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND WORK. The first book written by Winston Churchill who would one day be not only a prolific and prize… Read More

London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1898. Churchill's first book First edition of Churchill's first book, home issue in the "apple green cloth" (Woods), which is particularly prone to fading and mottling. This is an attractive copy of a work of which "truly fine copies are extreme rarities, and even those with routine wear and tear are difficult to find" (Langworth) Churchill was correspondent for the Daily Telegraph on Sir Bindon Blood's punitive 1897 expedition against the Afghan tribesmen of the north-west frontier, during which he "took part in several skirmishes in which he came under fire and witnessed acts of barbarism by both sides" (ODNB). He consolidated his reports into book-form on his return to Bangalore, and his account was published in March 1898. This copy is in the second state, with the errata slip. Copies were also bound for export in blackish-blue cloth and in wrappers. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt within blind panel, front cover lettered… Read More

London: Longman, Green & Co, 1898. Frontispiece portrait, 2 colour folding maps and 4 sketch maps. First edition, first issue (without the errata slip in the second issue and with the 32 page catalogue dated 12/97 bound in). Pp. xvi, 336, 32pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end. 8vo, original apple green cloth, lettering in gilt on spine and upper cover, original black endpapers. The binding is exceptionally bright with only very mild darkening to the spine. The half title is toned from the endpaper, some occasional spotting, generally a very good, strong, bright copy housed in a green cloth clamshell box.||Churchill’s first book which is about his time with Sir Bindon Blood’s expedition of 1897 on India’s Northwest Frontier.| First edition, first issue of Winston Churchill’s first book

THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE AN EPISODE OF FRONTIER WAR, Longmans, Green & Co., 1898, first edition, some light soiling to the covers, modest tanning to the spine, a few tiny nicks to the spine extremities, some scattered foxing, else a tight very good copy in the publishers original cloth binding of this, the most prolific authors first book, detailing his military experience in the northwestern frontier of India with all maps present as called for.

London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1898. Churchill's first book First edition of Churchill's first book, first state, home issue in the "apple green cloth" (Woods), which is particularly prone to fading and mottling. This is an attractive copy of a work of which "truly fine copies are extreme rarities, and even those with routine wear and tear are difficult to find" (Langworth). Churchill was correspondent for the Daily Telegraph on Sir Bindon Blood's punitive 1897 expedition against the Afghan tribesmen of the north-west frontier, during which he "took part in several skirmishes in which he came under fire and witnessed acts of barbarism by both sides" (ODNB). He consolidated his reports into book form on his return to Bangalore, and his account was published in March 1898. This copy is in the first state, without the errata slip which distinguishes the second. Copies were also bound for export in blackish-blue cloth and in wrappers. Provenance: with the bookplate to the front… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is an exceptional copy of the first edition, only printing, first state of Churchill's first book, based on his exploits with Sir Bindon Blood's expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. First state is confirmed by the lack of an errata slip and a publisherÂ’s catalogue dated “12/97”. Condition is near fine, a strikingly clean and unrestored example, quite elusive thus. The publisherÂ’s green cloth binding remains square, tight, clean, and beautifully bright with sharp corners. We note only trivial wrinkling to the spine ends and a hint of wear to the hinges and corners. There is no appreciable color shift between the spine and covers and the gilt on both the front cover and spine remains vividly bright. The binding is protected with a removable, clear mylar cover. The contents are equally and notably clean for the edition. The page edges – even the top edge – are free of dust or soiling,… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1898. Winston Churchill's 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' A Near Fine First Edition in the Original Cloth - Housed in a Superb Cosway-Style Clamshell Case CHURCHILL, Winston L. Spenser. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An episode of frontier war... with maps, plans, etc. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition, second state with the errata slip tipped in immediately preceding the first folding map and the 32 page publisher's catalog dated "3/98". Octavo (7 9/16 x 5 inches; 192 x 127 mm.). [xvi], 336 pp. 32 page publisher's catalog dated March 1898 at end. Photogravure frontispiece with original tissue guard, two colored folding maps, both with original tissue guards, and four uncolored sketch maps. Publisher's apple green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, black coated endpapers. Mainly marginal foxing throughout but far less than is usually seen. Spine with very slight mark, possibly from a label that has been removed.… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. Very good plus. This is Churchill's first book, based on his exploits with Sir Bindon Blood's expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. Offered here is a superior, collector worthy first edition, first state copy with interesting provenance. The sole previous owner name is "M. G. Cassels" in pencil on the half-title and what appear to corresponding corrections to pp. 187-89 and p. 207. On page 207, the third name in a list of "Wounded severely" British officers is "O. R. Cassells, 35th Sikhs." The "O." is crossed out and replaced with a "G" for the first initial and one of the "l"s struck to match the "G. Cassels" on the half-title. The corrections are in pencil and the "G" appears to be in the same hand as the "G." on the half-title. Lieutenant Cassells (or Cassels) was wounded while fighting alongside Churchill; his gallantry and good fortune are described in some detail on pp. 187-189. In each of the… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition, Home Issue, Colonial Library binding. Hardcover. This is one of four known surviving copies of this extravagantly rare Colonial Library binding of first edition sheets of The Story of the Malakand Field Force. Churchill's first book was issued in two distinctively different “cased” (hardcover) forms. The Home Issue first edition, only printing, is known to collectors in the familiar green cloth with contents printed on thick, white wove paper. Colonial editions were issued with strikingly illustrated front covers. There were no fewer than ten different editions, printings, and binding variations for the small number of Colonial issues ultimately produced from 1898 to 1901. Colonial editions were purposely made thinner and smaller “making them more economical to ship to far-off places than the larger domestic copies.” Hence *nearly* all of the numerous Colonial editions and issues were printed on much thinner paper, the early issues on… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901. Second edition, Colonial Library issue, second and final printing, wraps binding. Paperback. This humble, battered, paperback is an extravagantly rare “wraps” (paperback) Colonial issue of Winston ChurchillÂ’s first book and “the scarcest of all of the Malakand editions, issues, or printings.” Cased (hardcover) colonial issues were produced in small numbers simultaneously with the Home Issue. Harsher climates and conditions in the colonies meant low survival rates - and often poor condition for the few survivors. Lesser known is that the publisher also produced a paperback colonial issue. These fared far worse than their hardcover counterparts. Wraps colonial issues were bound in thin, pale blue-green covers printed in dark blue, with an elaborately bordered front cover designating it as the “LongmansÂ’ Colonial Library” issue and printed at the bottom “This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies”. There were no… Read More

London, Longmans, 1898. . First edition, second issue with errata slip, 8vo., frontispiece portrait, 6 maps (2 folding), 32 pp. advertisements dated 13/98, scattered foxing, original green cloth gilt, light soiling, a very good copy. 'While I was attached to the Malakand Field Force, I wrote a series of letters from the London Daily Telegraph. The favourable manner in which these letters were received, encouraged me to attempt a more substantial work.'The book describes a military campaign by the British army on the North West Frontier (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) in 1897. Woods A1(b).

Longmans, Green, London, New York and Bombay., 1899. First edition. Second state: tipped in errata slip; publishers' catalogue undated. Octavo. pp xvi, 336. Tissue-guarded frontispiece photograph of Major-General Sir Bindon Blood; 6 maps two of which are folding. 32-page publishers' catalogue at rear. Green cloth gilt. The author's first book.Traces of label removal on front cover. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Very good indeed.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1898. 1st Edition. Cloth. VG. 8vo. Gilt lettered green cloth. 7 maps, 2 folding. 336 pp, 32 pp ads. Slight tears in cloth at head and heel of spine. General soiling and darkening to spine. Clean interiors. Not a pristine copy.

London: Longmans, 1898. First. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece portrait & 6 maps, 4 folding. original green cloth, gold-stamped the the front cover & spine. London: Longmans Green, 1898. First Edition.<br/><br/> Churchill's scarce first book. There is light foxing throughout; the original black front end-paper is scuffed where a bookplate was removed; front fly-leaf starting to detach; ownership signature on half-title. Lack of errata slip & 12/97 on he 32p. catalogue in the back indicate a first state.<br/><br/>

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's first book, based on his exploits with Sir Bindon Blood's expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. Condition of this unrestored, original, and complete copy approaches very good. Though it is technically ex-library, there are no external indicators. The publisherÂ’s green cloth binding remains remains tight and square with bright gilt and nicely rounded spine. Slight softness to the corners, moderate overall soiling, and a .25 inch (6 mm) split at the spine head do not substantially detract from exterior presentation. The only indications of ex-library status are a bookplate and an ink stamp. The plate is that of “Cardiff Public Libraries” affixed to the front pastedown indicating that this book was “Bequeathed to the Central Library” in “May, 1935” by a “William Price James, M.A.” We find no other previous ownership marks. A .75 inch (19… Read More

London, New York and Bombay: Longman's, Green, and Co.. A beautiful, rare, Wellington College (full leather) binding of the Silver Library New Edition. Marbled end papers and text block edges, seamless floral gilt borders and gilt floral designs at spine, Wellington College coat of arms with "Virtutis Fortuna Comes" (Fortune is the Companion of Valour), and "Heroum Filii" (Sons of Heroes) in gilt on cover, light foxing at page spreads following end papers; expected age toning to pages. Expertly rebound/restored by the Lehmann Bindery. . Good. Full-Leather. 1899.

London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1898. First edition, Colonial Library issue, first printing. Hardcover. This is the scarce first edition, first printing of the “Colonial Library” issue of Churchill's first book, a worn but original and complete copy. The author's first book recounts his experiences when attached to Sir Bindon Blood's punitive expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897 and is the first book-length product of his early career as an itinerant cavalry officer and war correspondent. First printing copies of the Colonial issue were produced in small numbers simultaneously with the Home Issue. The harsher climate and condition of the colonies meant low survival rates and often poor condition for those few examples that survived. Complicating matters for collectors, there were no fewer than 10 different editions, printings, and binding variations for the very small number of Colonial issues ultimately produced from 1898 to 1901. This first printing of the colonial issue of… Read More