Nov 24, 2014 14:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
504
CHURCHILL, WINSTON
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First American edition. Publisher's cloth, in folding case. 7 3/8 x 5 inches (19.2 x 12.5 cm); 496 pp., 3 folding maps. A fine copy with some very light fading to spine and rubbing to extremities, some light browning to endpapers and an occasional spot within.
A crisp copy of Churchill's fourth book, the first of two books he would write from South Africa. The American edition of is much scarcer than the first English, as only 3000 copies were produced.
Sold for $562
Estimated at $500 - $800
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First American edition. Publisher's cloth, in folding case. 7 3/8 x 5 inches (19.2 x 12.5 cm); 496 pp., 3 folding maps. A fine copy with some very light fading to spine and rubbing to extremities, some light browning to endpapers and an occasional spot within.
A crisp copy of Churchill's fourth book, the first of two books he would write from South Africa. The American edition of is much scarcer than the first English, as only 3000 copies were produced.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Nov 24, 2014
