2nd printing. No jackets. Sticker ghost on front board of Vol. 2. Ink 'Layton Library' stamp on front flyleaf of both volumes, no other indication these were formerly library copies, front & end matter lightly foxed, front hinge of Vol. 1 professionally restored, ink note dated 1959 on half-title page of Vol. 1 explains the significance of the book to a former owner, repaired tear to rear endpaper of Vol. 1, ink stamp following text appears to indicate date of acquisition and collection volume # of previous owner. Bindings sound, text clean & unmarked. Acquired from the private collection of Dr. Daniel Sperber, a prominent nuclear theorist. 1900 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. xxii, [2], 462, x, [4], 499. Index. 32-page terminal publisher catalog in Volume I. Original navy blue cloth, gilt steamboat motif and titles, gilt domed building motif on spine, black endpapers. Vol 1: 16 maps & plans; 25 illustrations; Vol. II: 18 maps & plans, 33 illustrations by Angus McNeil, Seaforth Highlanders. Photogravures and fold-out maps. Churchill's second book, written while an officer in the British army, and definitely the scarcest of his works. This edition to this day is the only unexpurgated version of the work -- later editions were abridged to one volume, and removed several passages that were deemed too critical of Lord Kitchener. The first print run was 2000 copies, followed by 500-copy second and third print runs (Woods 20). The book tells of the conflict between Kitchener and the Dervish forces of Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad. Reprint of Woods A2(a).

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