Bishop Hannington (9 results)

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No date, though circa 1880. 96 pages. Illustrated cover is slightly faded and shows a few light moisture stains. Top hinge (Internal) is broke and front free end leaf is a little misfolded. Small address label on front paste down. A little light foxing on first few leaves including title page.

96pp, [16]. Illlustrated with black and white line drawings by the author. Pictorial boards, blue, black and gilt. Very good.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Ah yes, Peril and Adventure in Central Africa , by Bishop Hannington ? a title that leaves very little room for misunderstanding. There will be peril , there will be adventure , and there will certainly be Central Africa , all presented with the robust confidence of late Victorian storytelling, when the world still seemed vast, unexplored, and occasionally determined to kill the traveller. Published by the ever-industrious Religious Tract Society , this edition likely dates from around 1888?1895 , judged by the general appearance of the binding and the publisher advertisements tucked neatly at the back ? a Victorian marketing technique roughly equivalent to today?s algorithm suggesting ?other items you may like,? except the suggestions involve missionary magazines and morally improving reading rather than headphones and garden furniture. Bishop James Hannington himself was not merely an armchair commentator on distant lands. He was a real missionary bishop operating in East Africa during the heroic, occasionally reckless period of nineteenth-century exploration and evangelism. The Victorians had a particular enthusiasm for sending determined clergy to remote corners of the globe armed with faith, notebooks, and a profound optimism about civilisation?s future. Sometimes the results were inspiring, sometimes complicated, and sometimes ? as the title hints with admirable honesty ? perilous. Within these pages you will find the sort of narrative that once fuelled the imaginations of generations of young readers: journeys through unfamiliar landscapes, encounters with local peoples, long treks across difficult terrain, and the steady conviction that Providence, stamina, and a well-packed crate of supplies could overcome most obstacles the African interior cared to produce. The tone is unmistakably of its time. Victorian missionary literature possessed a fascinating blend of adventure story, travelogue, moral instruction, and occasionally the subtle suggestion that the British Empire had rather a lot of business everywhere. Modern readers approach such books with a mixture of curiosity, historical interest, and the occasional raised eyebrow ? which is part of their charm. They are not merely stories of travel; they are windows into how the late nineteenth century understood the wider world. Physically, this volume carries all the hallmarks of that era. The sturdy cloth binding, decorative stamping, and engraved illustrations belong to a publishing tradition that expected books to survive both enthusiastic young readers and long years on respectable household shelves. Judging by its condition, this copy has done exactly that. Now in Good condition , it has crossed more than a century of history without losing its essential dignity. The advertisements at the back are an additional delight, offering glimpses of the wider literary universe of the Religious Tract Society : wholesome magazines, improving children?s books, and the occasional stirring tale designed to inspire the next generation of explorers, missionaries, and well-behaved readers. Today, of course, Central Africa is reached more easily by aircraft than by mule caravan, and the modern travel writer tends to carry a laptop rather than a crate of hymn books. But the spirit of Victorian exploration ? part courage, part curiosity, part sheer stubbornness ? still echoes through works like this. So here we have a late nineteenth-century adventure narrative, printed in an era when the map still had blank spaces and when a title like Peril and Adventure in Central Africa was considered perfectly normal rather than slightly alarming. A fascinating survivor from the age of empire, exploration, and earnest storytelling ? now safely moored on the slightly eccentric shelves of Crappy Old Books .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 96p green cloth with gilt lettering, corners slightly bumped, spine worn, cracked hinges, many b&w illustrations, decorative design to front board, pages appear slightly dusty, otherwise good condition Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Bishop Hannington (illustrator). Tight clean copy. Green covers with coloured decoration and lettering to front and spine. Shows some signs of shelf wear including some bumping to corners and top and bottom of spine. Internally previous owners signature and 1st Hartfield Troop stamp to frontis and stamp to top title page, otherwise clean and tightly bound. Includes numerous illustrations from the sketches of Bishop Hannington. Wrapped in tissue, bubble wrap and inserted into jiffy bag. Posted daily from UK, first class within UK and airmail world-wide.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. illustrated in Black/white (illustrator). NOTE FIRST EDITION 1880s ! Hardback - Internally very clean 96 pages published by Religious Tract Society about 1900 covers well worn & rubbed but gilt titles to front clear & readable - black/white illustrations - Name/address in pencil inside front cover - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall ST234.

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Good. First Thus. A hardback book with pictorial boards and in good condition, described as New Edition. Illustrated letters to the youngsters at home.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Binding: Orig. green pictorial cloth gilt; Condition notes: small area of dye loss on upper cover, O/W V. Good; Illustrations: from original sketches by the author; Pages: 96 + Ads.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: Seeley, 1888. 12mo. First edition. Hard cover binding, 239 pp. followed by map of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Maroon silk binding with decorative gold titles and sword entwined with leaves and the words "First Bishop of Equatorial Africa". Ex-library with the decorative bookplate dated Nov. 1888 of the oldest library building in the United States (Sturgis Library, Barnstable, MA), from whom this book was acquired. Half-title and verso of rear map foxed. Spine faded and light edgewear top and bottom of spine. Minimal library markings (no pocket). Boards are clear and bright. A very attractive book in very good condition detailing Christian activities in Eastern Equatorial Africa.