London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. New impression.

8vo: xiv-498-[2]-32 pp. (a few sm. tears in col. map, normal light spotting).

Orig. illustrated cloth (sl. faded and lightly soiled), gilt flat spine.

Winston Churchill's (1874-1965) personal account of the first 5 months of the 2nd Boer War in South-Africa, consisting of 37 letters first appearing in The Morning Post, October 1899 to March 1900. Ill. with 4 maps (3 folding, 1 coloured) and 4 in-text plans.
Prov. Ms. entry on flyleaf.