CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War, an Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (224 x 141mm.) Half-titles, numerous illustrations, plates and maps, including 20 folding. (Toning, blanks replaced.) Mid-20th century green half morocco bound by Bayntun-Rivière, t.e.g. (sunning to spines, endpapers replaced). Note: Churchill’s second book as a young war correspondent. Provenance: from the estate of Trevor Hives, thence by descent (2).