Kitchener herbert horatio earl (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Mass market paperback. 12mo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 391 pp with monochrome archive photographs grouped together to the centre pages and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITISH IMPERIAL EMPIRE.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original striking red scarlet cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 410 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very near fine condition book in Very Good condition Osbert Lancaster illustrated dust wrapper with light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, spine slightly faded, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 410 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition Osbert Lancaster illustrated dust wrapper with crease lines to corners and edges, spine slightly faded, not price clipped 30s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITISH IMPERIAL EMPIRE.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. pp. [4]; printed in purple; very good in self-wrappers. Kitchener (1850-1916) oversaw the British victory at the Battle of Omdurman, which brought back control of the Sudan after the Mahdist uprising. He subsequently served in South Africa and India, becoming secretary of state for War in 1914. He died in June 1916 when his ship struck a mine en route to Russia for a meeting with Tsar Nicholas II.…

Zustand: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black and red decorated olive green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains (xv)-blank, 252 pp. Pencil name to the front free end paper 'Mrs Burbridge', spotting to the text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].…

Manuscript in ink. 4pp. 8vo. In excellent condition. Cairo, 1 May, [ Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) acted as an ?intelligence officer for the relief expedition to the Sudan to rescue Charles George Gordon; he continually pressed Wolseley, the commander of the expedition, to push forward more rapidly. Despite the expedition?s failure to save Gordon, Kitchener emerged with credit and some fame? (ODNB).   Sir Samuel Baker had preceded General Gordon as Governor- general of Sudan. He firmly believed that England should resume its involvement in the future of that country and, after the death of Gordon and the capture of Khartoum by the forces of the Mahdi, ?with considerable foresight regarded Colonel Kitchener as the instrument most likely to bring this about? (ODNB).   Kitchener was determined that Gordon would be avenged. The charismatic Mahdi, whose mystical and implacable view of pure Islam led him to attack Westerners and, in his view, corrupt Ottoman and Egyptian rule, survived Gordon by only five months. At the time of writing, Kitchener was Sirdar, or Commander in Chief, of the Egyptian army. Six years later, on 2 September 1898, Kitchener finally defeated the last forces of Mahdism, led by the Khalifa Abdullah, at the Battle of Omdurman.   Here he writes: "I am immensely obliged to you for your notes which no doubt give the key to the whole question of the reoccupation of the Soudan. I only hope that it may fall to my lot to use your notes and recover the country ? I wish something could be done to clear up the slavery question which I believe now that the religious mania of Mahdism is dying out is the main cause that prevents the Soudanese from kicking out their present oppressors they dread the general freedom of slaves which they believe would be bound to follow a reoccupation of the country .".…

Signed (?Kitchener of Khartoum?), a striking image of the victorious general in uniform and medals. c.145 by 100mm, signed on a light portion at the foot, laid down on the original mount, measuring in all c. 185 by 140mm. Dated on the verso, 7 December,  Kitchener stares unblinkingly at the camera in familiar heroic pose. This photo- graph is dated only three months after Kitchener?s great victory at Omdurman of 2 September 1898, when his Anglo-Egyptian army avenged Gordon by crushing the forces of the Khalifa Abdulla, the Mahdi?s successor, and recon- quering the Sudan. Two days after the battle, on 4 September, he was able to fulfil his goal of raising the British flag over the ruins of Gordon?s palace in Khartoum. Shortly afterwards he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, so this must be one of the first photographs he signed using his title. He remained in the Sudan for a year as Governor General, and then was posted to South Africa on the outbreak of the Boer War as chief-of-staff to Lord Roberts.…