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LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1884 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 31 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 31.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 36 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.09 inches. This item is printed on demand.

First edition, uncommon, just 6 copies on Library Hub, WorldCat adds just one copy in the Netherlands, no copies in the USA. This copy inscribed, "With the Author's Compts., Dunlugas, 9 Aug. 1884". Defence of the conduct of Hicks Pasha in the "débâcle" (ODNB) at Kashgil, referred to as either Battle of El Obeid, or the Battle of Shayka, by a fellow veteran of the Bombay Army; "As an old brother officer, anxious to maintain the honour and credit of my friend and comrade, and on behalf of those left to mourn the loss of one who no longer lives to defend himself, I have put together some extracts from the Blue Books, Egypt 1883 and 1884, and from official and private documents in Hicks's own handwriting, leaving the world to judge.". Hicks's force of 8,000 Egyptian regulars, 1,000 bashi-bazouk cavalry, 100 tribal irregulars, and 2,000 camp followers was described by Winston Churchill in The River War as "perhaps the worst army that has ever marched to war". Raugh, British Military Operations in Egypt and the Sudan, 481. Octavo. Sewn in the original printed, pale blue, light card wrappers. A liitte rubbed and slightly stained on the wrappers, light browning, but overall very good.