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Churchill's First War: Young Winston And The Fight Against The Taliban (FINE COPY OF SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Coughlin, Con
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0230758517
- ISBN 13
- 9780230758513
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 2013. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, CON COUGHLIN, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. A well-researched and authoritative account of Winston Churchill's, then a young cavalry lieutenant, fight against the Afghan tribesmen on the North-West Frontier: the great-great-grandfathers of the Taliban and tribal insurgents in modern-day Afghanistan. The author tells the story of that campaign, a story of high adventure and imperial success, which contains many lessons and warnings for today. With Bibliography and Index. Some light age tanning to edges of pages; on the title-page there is a small brown mark (17 by 3mm) not affecting text or signing; else a fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. There are two identical dust-wrappers! . Signed by Author, Con Coughlin. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20490
- Title
- Churchill's First War: Young Winston And The Fight Against The Taliban (FINE COPY OF SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Coughlin, Con
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0230758517
- ISBN 13
- 9780230758513
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Biography. Military History. History. Military.Sir Winston Churchill. Afghan Tribesmen. War. Warfare. North-West Frontier. British Imperial Wars. Churchill's First War. Taliban.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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Greystone Books
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