bennett burleigh (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1900. No Edition Remarks. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Zustand: Fair. 1900. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

photographs & illustrations and fold-out maps (illustrator). This is a firsthand historical account by war correspondent Bennet Burleigh detailing General Herbert Kitchener's (the Sirdar) 1896-1898 campaign against the Mahdist forces led by Khalifa Abdullahi. The book documents the British-led Anglo-Egyptian army's strategy, culminating in the battle of Omdurman, to reclaim Sudan and avenge the death of General Gordon. The book is in good condition apart from the fold-out map at the back which is loose. gteneral discolouration from age is visible.