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Livres anciens et modernes

Arnot

GARENGANZE; or Seven Years' Pioneer Mission Work in Central Africa.

James E. Hawkins, 1893

324,50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, États-Unis d'Amérique)

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Détails

Année
1893
Lieu d'édition
London
Auteur
Arnot
Éditeurs
James E. Hawkins
Edition
Early printing formated as the first and very possibly the first
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

Early printing formated as the first and very possibly the first edition with an amended title-page. Illustrated with twenty drawings by the author, and an original coloured folding map prepared by the Royal Geographical Society. 8vo, original sienna cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt and black on the covers and spine in classic Victorian style. x, 274. Index. A handsome, clean and bright copy.

Edizione: scarce and a classic work of victorian area discovery and exploration during the opening of africa. ?this (is the) story of seven years of pioneer mission work in the heart of the dark continent.it is a son?s letter to his mother and the home group; and it is a story of strictly pioneer work, for he undertook to cross the continent by foot. the journey, undertaken in an apostolic spirit, was marked by that savour of the supernatural which is so sweet to the believer.the book is a revelation of passion for the soul.? (preface to the third edition)