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    By Melton Prior; S. L. Bensusan
    New York; London   Longmans, Green & Co; Edward Arnold
    9" by 6" xii, 340pp
    The scarce first edition volume collecting together Melton Prior's war correspondence, an illustrated work of his articles written for the Illustrated London News.
    By Melton Prior; S. L. Bensusan

    1912 Campaigns of a War Correspondent

    New York; London   Longmans, Green & Co; Edward Arnold
    9" by 6" xii, 340pp
    The scarce first edition volume collecting together Melton Prior's war correspondence, an illustrated work of his articles written for the Illustrated London News.
    £190.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 909P32
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

    The first edition, first impression, of this scarce work. 

    The collected war correspondence of noted journalist Melton Prior.

    Prior wrote these articles for the 'Illustrated London News', where he was the war correspondent from the early 1870s until 1904. 

    This volume discusses the 1877 Turkish War, 1879-80 Zulu War, 1881 Boer War, 1882 Egyptian Campaign, 1884 Nile Expedition, 1895 Jameson Raid, the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War, and more.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen plates.

    Collated, bound without the front endpaper, otherwise complete.

    Edited by S. L. Bensusan.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few minor marks to the cloth. Spine is faded. A couple of small chips to the rear joint, and to the fore edge of the front board. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Lacking the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot, mostly to the first and last few pages.

    Good

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