My African Journey.

  • Churchill, Winston
  • London: Hodder and Stoughton 1908
  • Cohen A27.1.

£750

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Description

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. xiii, [i], 226, [18, ads] + frontispiece and 46 plates (containing a total of 61 images) and 3 maps. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board blocked in black, grey and blue. A little light soiling in places, some spotting to title-page and following few leaves. Spine a little cocked and very slightly faded, cloth a bit soiled overall (particularly to rear board), spine ends bumped.

Notes

A very presentable copy of Churchill's account of his tour of East Africa in 1907 and 1908, written as a series of articles under contract for The Strand magazine but very quickly expanded into this book form as well.

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