The River War - An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan

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.