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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [7], viii-xxii, [3], 2-462pp and Volume Two - [5], vi-x, [5], 2-499pp, [1]. Original gilt decorated cloth. Hint of foxing to edges of text blocks, otherwise externally bright and clean, without any of the usual rubbing to the gilt associated with this book. Internally a hint of foxing, usually to margins, volume one has a small ink mark to the margin of page xxiii and a small mark to the margin of page 69; volume two has a small amount of loss (though still attached to opposite page) to the margin of page 457 where it was opened a little carelessly, and page 475 with a similar problem with small amount of loss to top corner, neither affecting text. With the armorial bookplate of Sir James Reid (personal physician to Queen Victoria, and later monarchs) to the front pastedowns. Volume one with four photogravure portraits, one other full page illustration, eleven folding maps and six full page maps; Volume two…

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan (1899), by Winston Churchill, is a history of the British imperial involvement in the Sudan and the campaign to reconquer the Sudan following the defeat of the revolt led by the Mahdist leader, Muhammad Ahmad.

Look for the publisher 'Longmans, Green & Co.', the year 1899 on the title page, and the two-volume set for a first edition identification.