White Prophet, ( The ) Volume 1 & 2

London, England: William Heinemann. Very Good. 1909. Hardcover. Red Hardcovers, gilt titles to thecover & spine with a blind imprint to the front cover. Volume 1 & 2 are both in Very Good condition. The interior is clean & unmarked, the books are tightly bound. Spine end and corner bumping, a few light marks to the spines. " The book begins: It was perhaps the first act of open hostility, and there was really nothing in the scene or circumstance to provoke an unfriendly demonstration. On the broad racing-ground of the Khedivial Club a number of the officers and men of the British Army quartered in Cairo, assisted by a detachment of the soldiers of the army of Egypt, had been giving a sham fight in imitation of the Battle of Omdurman, which is understood to have been the death-struggle and the end of Mahdism. "; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 381 pages; Box 3 .