FIRST EDITION, 8vo (235 x 147mm.), 10 lithographed maps and plans in the text, 6 maps on 7 seven sheets in pocket at rear, contemporary half calf, library markings erased or cut out, loose maps torn and/or repaired, one with slight loss

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RARE. The official history of the Anglo-Zulu Wars, compiled by the Intelligence Branch of the British War Office for publication immediately after the campaign. It is the definitive account of the Zulu Wars from the British perspective and has formed the basis of all subsequent serious works on the campaign. Of particular importance are the detailed accounts of the battles of Islandhlwana and Rorke’s Drift – the first of which was the worst defeat inflicted on a British force by a native army, whose consequences would lead to the downfall of Disraeli’s government; and the second of which resulted in the award of eleven Victoria Crosses, the most ever gained in a single action.