"The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879" is a 653 page, 6"x9.25" hardcover written by Donald R. Morris and published in 1993 by The Easton Press as part of the Library of Military History. Bound in full, gilt-decorated leather with hubbed spine, all-gilt page edges, satin moiré endpapers and a built-in silk ribbon bookmark. A "Collector's Notes" sheet is laid in.