.jpg?w=1)
Details
CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. 8° (192 x 127mm). Frontispiece portrait of General Sir Bindon Blood and 6 maps and plans, 2 coloured and folding, publisher's ads at end. (Occasional very light spotting.) Original light green cloth gilt, black endpapers (front inner hinge cracked, extremities lightly rubbed and covers lightly soiled). Provenance: James Henry Hugo (ink signature to title dated 1898, annotations in ink and pencil, complete with a list of errata and corrections in his hand) -- later signature of Winston Churchill -- Sotheby's, 19 July 1994, lot 355.
AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF CHURCHILL'S FIRST BOOK. James Henry Hugo (1870-1943) was Surgeon-Lieutenant in the expedition. '[He] greatly distinguished himself in the siege of Malakand and with an expedition into Upper Swat in 1897-8, winning the D.S.O. and the Frontier medal with two clasps' (BMJ obituary, 20th March 1943). Issue without the errata slip inserted before first map. Woods A1(a).
AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF CHURCHILL'S FIRST BOOK. James Henry Hugo (1870-1943) was Surgeon-Lieutenant in the expedition. '[He] greatly distinguished himself in the siege of Malakand and with an expedition into Upper Swat in 1897-8, winning the D.S.O. and the Frontier medal with two clasps' (BMJ obituary, 20th March 1943). Issue without the errata slip inserted before first map. Woods A1(a).