Ian Hamilton's March. Together With Extracts From The Diary Of Lieutenant H. Frankland A Prisoner Of War In Pretoria. Churchill, Winston S.

First edition, first impression, first issue. Ian Hamilton's March is a sequel to London to Ladysmith and completes Churchill's coverage of the Boer War, describing the liberation of the Boer prison camp where Churchill had been held captive and the march of Ian Hamilton's mounted division from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg. "The volume consists of 17 letters to the Morning Post, beginning with that of 31 March 1900 and concluding with that of 14 June. in contrast to London to Ladysmith, the texts of the originally published letters were more extensively revised and four letters were included which had never appeared in periodical form" (Cohen, pp. 103-4). "It is, of course, indispensable to any Churchill library, and it has long been canonised among the more collectible Churchill books" (Langworth, p. 58). The first issue can be distinguished from the second, which has textual alterations. Cohen A8.1.a; Woods A5. Richard Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998. Octavo ( 185 x 115 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, spine lettered and decorated with lion central tool in compartments, single rule to boards gilt, signature blocked to front board in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With portrait, maps and plans. Prelims slightly spotted, an excellent copy in a fine binding.