270pp; 16pp publisher's adverts. Red cloth-covered boards; black and gilt illustrations and titles on front and spine. Sun faded spine, bumped ends; cloth fraying. Minor stains on boards. Text block edges tanning. Front hinge cracked. Prelims foxing. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight; barring occasional foxing. No dust jacket. 12mo. Biography of the famous British army officer and administrator whose death at the siege of Khartoum sparked an outpouring of grief throughout the country.
