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    By Sir Harry Johnston
    London   Hutchinson & Co.
    9.5" by 6.5" xxiii, [1], 496; xx, [1], 498-990pp.
    The first edition of Harry Johnston's study of Grenfell and his travels in the Congo, richly illustrated throughout with many of Grenfell's own photos and drawings.
    By Sir Harry Johnston

    1908 George Grenfell and the Congo

    London   Hutchinson & Co.
    9.5" by 6.5" xxiii, [1], 496; xx, [1], 498-990pp.
    The first edition of Harry Johnston's study of Grenfell and his travels in the Congo, richly illustrated throughout with many of Grenfell's own photos and drawings.
    £225.00
    : 4kgs / : 977Q11
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    Bound in the publisher's cloth.

    Complete in two volumes.

    The two volume first edition of British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston's study of the life of Cornish missionary and explorer George Grenfell, published two years after his death in Basoko from backwater fever.

    Illustrated with fourteen maps, three of which are folding and two of which are in colour, alongside thirty-five plates, with numerous further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.

    Johnston provides a fascinating account of Grenfell's Congo explorations.

    A passionate missionary, in 1903 Grenfell protested King Leopold against consistent refusal of the Congo Free State authorities to allow further Baptist advance beyond Yakusu on the Upper Congo, with no effect.

    Condition

    Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, sound, with damp staining causing some discolouration to cloth. Rubbing and light bumping to the extremities, and the odd mark. Front hinge strained to volume I. Small tear to rear joint of volume I. Spotting to fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd spot.

    Good

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