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LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $750.00

This is a very good copy of the First English edition, with cloth that has darkened far less than is common for this book. The spine is just a touch ruffled and frayed. The binding is firm, the boards fresh, with sharp corners. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with all maps present. There is […]

LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $700.00

This is a very good copy of the First English edition. The cloth has darkened significantly, particularly along the spine, but the spine type remains bright and unfaded. The binding is tight, if just a trifle cocked, and the corners are turned. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with all maps present and crisply folded, […]

LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $650.00

This is a very good copy of the First English edition. The cloth has darkened significantly, particularly along the spine, which is unfrayed, but a bit undulated. The binding is firm, if just a touch cocked, and the corners are turned. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with all maps present. Overall, a very healthy […]

LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $500.00

This is a good to very good copy of the First English edition. The cloth has darkened considerably but the binding is square, with some fading to the spine type. An early-former-owner has scrawled his name in ink across the front face, though the ink is fading. The original black endpapers are present, with a […]

LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $750.00

This is a very good copy of the First American edition. The binding is tight and the gilt topstain is quite bright, but the red cloth and gilt stamping have faded a bit, more significantly along the spine. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with a former owner’s bookplate on the front pastedown.

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LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $665.00

This is a very good copy of the First English edition. he cloth is fresh and the binding is square. The spine is neither ruffled or frayed, and the spine type has only modestly dimmed. The front cover remains quite bright, with a small, dark stain at the lower edge. The contents are fine and […]

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LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $1,750.00

This is a very good copy of the First English edition, with bright cover art and cloth that has moderately and uniformly darkened with age. The binding is crisp and especially square and tight. The corners are sharp. The spine is somewhat sunned but far less than usual with this book, unfrayed, and just a […]

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LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First Canadian Softcover Edition

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $5,000.00

This is a surprisingly well-preserved copy of the very rare and fragile First Softcover Canadian edition, which was bound from First American edition sheets (or printed from First American plates). The publisher’s imprint on the spine reads: “Montreal News Company Limited” but the actual publisher was The Copp, Clark Company, with the Montreal News acting […]

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LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

-First Canadian Hardcover Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1900 | $2,500.00

This is a strikingly handsome copy of the rare first Canadian issue, which, like the Canadian IAN HAMILTON, was produced from American First edition plates and bound in a similar but not identical style to the English first edition. The coarser, more ochre-color, cloth retains the armoured train cover motif but with a red fleur-de-lis […]