First edition, 2nd printing ('New Impression' stated on title page). No jacket. Light stain along edges, foxing to front matter and first map - does not affect text, 1/2 inch tear to spine head, ink gift note dated 1900 on front flyleaf. Acquired from the private collection of Dr. Daniel Sperber, a prominent nuclear theorist. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 498 pp., 32 pp. terminal publisher catalog. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4. Original titles & flagpole with South African flag and Union Jack, black endpapers. Includes three fold-out maps and one intertextual map, as well as four plans. Churchill's fourth book, and his first of two based on his experiences in South Africa, during which he was captured by, and subsequently escaped from, the Boers. CONTENTS: Steaming South: R.M.S. 'Dunottar Castle,' October 26 and October 29, 1899; The State of the Game: Cape Town, November 1, 1899; Along the Southern Frontier: East London, November 5, 1899; In Natal: Estcourt, November 6, 1899; A Cruise in the Armoured Train: Estcourt, November 9, 1899; Distant Guns: Estcourt, November 10, 1899; The Fate of the Armoured Train: Pretoria, November 20, 1899; Prisoners of War: Pretoria, November 24, 1899; Through the Dutch Camps: Pretoria, November 30, 1899; In Afrikander Bonds: Pretoria, December 3, 1899; I Escape from the Boers: Lourenco Marques, December 22, 1899; Back to the British Lines: Frere, December 24, 1899; Christmas and New Year: Frere, January 4, 1900; A Military Demonstration and Some Good News: Chieveley, January 8, 1900; The Dash for Potgieter's Ferry: Spearman's Hill, January 13, 1900; Trichardt's Drift and the Affair of Acton Homes: Venter's Spirit, January 22, 1900; The Battle of Spion Kop: Venter's Spirit, January 25, 1900; Through the Five Days' Action: Venter's Spirit, January 25, 1900; A Fresh Effort and an Army Chaplain: Spearman's Hill, February 4, 1900; The Combat of Vaal Krantz: General Buller's Headquarters, February 9, 1900; Hussar Hill: General Buller's Headquarters, February 15, 1900; The Engagement of Monte Cristo: Cingolo Nek, February 19, 1900; The Passage of the Tugela: Hospital-ship 'Maine', March 4, 1900; The Battle of Pieters: The Third Day: Hospital-ship 'Maine', March 5, 1900; Upon Majuba Day: Commandant's Office, Durban, March 6, 1900; The Relief of Ladysmith: Commandant's Office, Durban, March 9, 1900; After the Siege: Durban, March 10, 1900.

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