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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1902.
8o. Half-title. Frontispiece photograph of Kitchener (tissue guard removed). Publisher's 40-page advertisement at end. Original red cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt (wear at top of spine, spine faded, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Hugh Cecil (1869-1956) (inscription).
Second, abridged edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL TO HIS FUTURE BEST MAN: "Hugh Cecil from Winston S. Churchill 30. Oct. 1902." Cecil was the youngest son of Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the Marquis of Salisbury. The younger Cecil won election to the House of Commons in 1895 where he befriended fellow free-trader, Winston Churchill. He was the guiding spirit for an irreverent group of young MPs, the "Hughligans," and in 1908 stood as best man when Churchill married Clementine. A fine association. Woods A2(b).
8o. Half-title. Frontispiece photograph of Kitchener (tissue guard removed). Publisher's 40-page advertisement at end. Original red cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt (wear at top of spine, spine faded, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Hugh Cecil (1869-1956) (inscription).
Second, abridged edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL TO HIS FUTURE BEST MAN: "Hugh Cecil from Winston S. Churchill 30. Oct. 1902." Cecil was the youngest son of Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the Marquis of Salisbury. The younger Cecil won election to the House of Commons in 1895 where he befriended fellow free-trader, Winston Churchill. He was the guiding spirit for an irreverent group of young MPs, the "Hughligans," and in 1908 stood as best man when Churchill married Clementine. A fine association. Woods A2(b).