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HENSMAN, Howard.
The Afghan War of 1879-80,
Being a Complete Narrative of the Capture of Cabul, the Siege of Sherpur, the Battle of Ahmed Khel, the brilliant March to Candahar, and the Defeat of Ayub Khan, with the Operations on the Helmund, and the Settlement with Abdur Rahman Khan.
Publisher: W.H. Allen & Co., Publishers to the India Office, 1882
Stock code: 69928
Price: £1,875 Currency Conversion
Second and best edition, published just three months after the first, and containing an account of events following the disaster at Maiwand. This copy inscribed by the author on the title page; "To Winston S. Churchill from H. Hensman." Hensman was the "embedded" correspondent with Roberts's forces for the Allahabad Pioneer, the Indian newspaper for which Churchill was to report on the campaigns of the Malakand field force. Hensman was a colleague of Kipling's and a good friend of Churchill's military mentor Sir Ian Hamilton, who described him as "wiser than most on most matters" and "one of the kindest and best," he was also reputed to be the best bridge player in India. This account is widely recognized as one of the most authoritative contemporary accounts.
Octavo (216 × 133 mm). Recent red half crushed morocco on matching linen boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, the original cloth bound in at the rear. 10 folding maps and plans. One map misfolded, now re-pressed and with some short splits on the folds professionally repaired, light toning, a handsome copy.
