CHURCHILL, Winston S.
My African Journey.
London: Hodder & Stoughton , 1908.
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"Then, perhaps it will be time to make another journey": First Edition of Winston Churchill's My African Journey; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
First edition of this early Churchill travelogue. Octavo, original bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges silver. In fine condition. A sharp example.
As undersecretary of State for the Colonies in 1907, Winston Churchill traveled to Africa on a tour of inspection. He “saw the advantages of producing a travelogue on Britain’s valuable possessions in East Africa. Among these, Churchill waxes most eloquent on Uganda, which he calls ‘a pearl” (Langworth, 80). My African Journey “includes photographs allegedly taken by Churchill, the only such appearance in the canon; the text is important because it shows Churchill raising prescient questions involving the betterment of the East African population” (Langworth, 80). Cohen A27.1. Woods A12. Langworth, 80-83.
My African Journey.
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