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My African Journey
Winston Spencer Churchill
1908
Hodder and Stoughton : London
8" by 9"
xiii [2], 2-226 [18]pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his 1907 five month long trip to in East Africa. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of Winston Churchill's first hand account of his travels around British controlled East Africa in the autumn of 1907. In the bright publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.
Illustrated with three plates of maps and sixty-one photographic illustrations on forty-seven plates. Collated, complete.
In early November of 1907, Churchill killed a rhinoceros, the basis of the striking illustration on the front cover of the first edition.
With eighteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.
A smart copy of Churchill's travelogue on Britain's possessions in East Africa, written while he was serving as Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. This works is notable for being the only one of his many publications to contain photographs ostensibly taken by the author.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light fading to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Small split in cloth to centre of rear joint, with areas of light fading to rear board. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Front free endpaper absent. Internally, firmly bound. Three plate detached and loosely inserted. Light spotting throughout.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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