London to Ladysmith via Victoria

New impression. Rebound in later, mid-brown, half-calf, gilt lettering to spine, with the original front wrapper of the jacket bound in at the back. 8vo. (20 x 14 cms); pp. xii + 498 + 32 publisher's catalogue. New endpapers. Half-title and titlepage present. Coloured folding map tipped in opp t-p with short tear near spine not affecting the map. Three further maps and four plans. Half-title browned otherwise pages clean and without inscriptions. A smart copy. Published same year as the first edition, it is a personal record of Churchill's impressions during the first five months of the Second Boer War. It includes an account of the Relief of Ladysmith, and also the story of Churchill's capture and dramatic escape from the Boers.