Churchill The River War First Edition

This fall will see publication of the full unabridged text of churchill s second published book the river war for the first time since the 1899 first edition.

Churchill the river war first edition.

I apologize for the different tone of some pages. English volume 2 of the 1899 first edition of winston churchill s river war and reconquest of the soudan. This first one volume edition had only a single printing of just 1 003 copies and so is considerably scarcer than the first edition. In 1902 churchill by then a new member of parliament revised and abridged his text excising much of the criticism of kitchener for political reasons.

In 1902 churchill then a new member of parliament revised and abridged his text excising much of his criticism of kitchener for political reasons all subsequent editions of the river war are based on this 1902 abridged and revised text. Like caesar like shakespeare like bach there is a genuine grandeur to churchill and what better way to experience the grandeur of the nile than from his pen. All subsequent editions have been based on a text one third shorter than churchill s original. An historical account of the reconquest of the soudan 1899 by winston churchill concerning his experiences as a british army officer during the mahdist war 1881 99 in the sudan.

Every one of the many subsequent editions of the river war is based on this 1902 text. In 1899 after publication of the river war churchill ran for parliament and lost. The ultimate river war. There is also a new preface.

An historical account of the reconquest of the soudan. The river warwinston churchillfirst edition first printing. It causes confusion when readers search for it in vain in shorter editions because it is among the hundreds of passages in the first edition that were left out of the second. The map on page 80 was so large that i ve included three photographs of it to capture all of the information.

I was too exhausted to re do the project. This edition has been the work of decades under the editorship of professor james w. This first edition first printing set approaches very good condition. This first edition first printing set approaches very good condition.

We had to carefully photograph even pages then odd and the ambient light in the room changed over the hours. In 1902 churchill then a new member of parliament revised and abridged his text excising much of his criticism of kitchener for political reasons all subsequent editions of the river war are based on this 1902 abridged and revised text. This is volume 1 of the 1899 first edition of winston churchill s river war and reconquest of the soudan. Here is a near fine set of the river war 2 vols large 8tvo original dark blue cloth with gilt vignette of gunboat on upper covers.

The river war was originally published as a two volume edition in 1899.