Dervish, the Rise and Fall Of an African Empire

UK paperback reprint, 2000 Wordsworth Editions. The book is in fine condition. No creasing to the spine or covers. Illustrated.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0800821688 . Slight wear to DJ with apparent sticker removal; A series of confrontations between the forces of the Mahdi, called the Dervishes, and the British colonialists ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 235 pages .

London: Purnell Book Services Ltd , 1973. This is the vivid and colourful story of one of the more remarkable episodes in the 'high empire ' period of BRITISH HISTORY. The Mahdi's rising in the Sudan in the 1880s ,which led to the eventual death of Gordon in Khartoum, forms the text of this history. This volume is well… Saber más sobre este artículo

Macdonald & Janes, 1973. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (top edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nick at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 235, illus with b&w plates and maps (no other inscriptions).

MacDonald:, 1973. 235 pages, illustrated in b&w. "This is the vivid and colorful story of one of the more remarkable episodes in the 'high Empire" period of British history. The Dervish Empire outlanded the Mahdi by thirteen years. It ended in the battle of Omdurman and Kitchener's reconquest of the Sudan." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET. Dust… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Wordsworth Editions, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Using First hand accounts and diaries of the participants, the author brilliantly describes the growth of the Mahdist movement and the extraordinary devotion and discipline of the Dervish troops. there is a previous owners name on the front end paper, the covers… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: MacDonald, 1973. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 235pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, index, Story of the rise of the Mahdi & the Dervish Empire. Neat ownership signature o/w VG copy in re-inforced dust jacket

London: MacDonald, 1973. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. chipped dust jacket 235pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, index, Story of the rise of the Mahdi & the Dervish Empire