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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. Usual rubbing to gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, volume one has been recased, with a repair towards the foot of the spine, with resultant small amount of loss to publisher's name, both volumes with light foxing to text block edges, and occasional light foxing to margins and text, but generally fairly clean. Volume one with four photogravure portraits, one other full page illustration, eleven folding maps, and six full page maps; Volume two with three photogravure portraits, two other full page illustrations, nine folding maps, and five full page maps (as called for). Now housed in a cloth slipcase. Woods A2 (a). First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by McNeill, Angus. 8vo.

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.