Grenfell Congo, First Edition (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Contents include the following "Map. Table of Dates. Lifting the Veil. The Making of the Man. An African Apprenticeship. Grenfell's Dream. Staking the Claim. The Building of a Ship.The Peace Afloat. Making a Highway. Creating a Base. Strategic Advance. A Commissioner Royal. Shadow and Sunshine. The Trail of Rubber. The Flood-Tide. The Spur of Disappointment. Beyond the Horizon.No Dust Jacket, royal blue cloth hardback, damaged on top of spine, rubbed edges. previous owners name neatly written on top edge of front right hand endpaper. Foxed title page, some back pages and side page edges. Pencil underlinings throughout the book, rough cut pages, otherwise clean pages, book in acceptable condition. Rough cut pages 248pp First edition 1927 published by The Carey Press Book#103424.

First edition hardback, no dustjacket; portrait, 248 pages. The blue cloth binding has some wear, it is sound. There is some foxing throughout the book, the text is unmarked.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some foxing within. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 248 pages : including double map. frontispiece (portrait) ; 20 cm. Subjects; Grenfell, G. (George) 1849-1906. Baptist Missionary Society. Missions Congo (Democratic Republic). Missions Kongo, Belgian. Missionaries ; Biography. Missionaries Africa ; Biography. Missions Congo (Democratic Republic). 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. the boards are edge worn and a bit knocked. mild foxing. ownership plate. all pages remain intact and legible. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some foxing within. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 248 pages : including double map. frontispiece (portrait) ; 20 cm. Subjects; Grenfell, G. (George) 1849-1906. Baptist Missionary Society. Missions Congo (Democratic Republic). Missions Kongo, Belgian. Missionaries ; Biography. Missionaries Africa ; Biography. Missions Congo (Democratic Republic). 1 Kg.

1st Edition. Hb in Original Orange Dw 248pp frontisplate Biography of Pioneering Baptist Missionary in Africa. Ink inscriptions in Welsh to fep & foxing to fore edge o/w A Vg/Vg copy and Uncommon in the original Dw.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth-backed colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description ; 126 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : map, portraits ; 19 cm. Subjects : Grenfell, George 1849-1906. Missionaries Congo (Democratic Republic) ; Biography. Missionaries Great Britain ; Biography. Congo (Democratic Republic) Description and travel. Biography. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 22 cm, xvi, 587 pp, maps, folding map at rear, b&w photo plates, decorated cloth over boards - tiny marginal rubs. Inscription to flyleaf. VG to VG minus. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask regards postage.

Half-Leather. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 2 vols. xxii,496;xx,497-990pp. 496 illus. 13 maps [NB. lacks 1 map end of vol 2]. Re-bound in attractive modern half calf, raised bands and gilt lettering and rules. An ex-libris copy with blind-stamped library marks discreetly printed on titles. Tight attractive copy with good margins slightly cropped at re-binding. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth-backed colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description ; 126 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : map, portraits ; 19 cm. Subjects : Grenfell, George 1849-1906. Missionaries Congo (Democratic Republic) ; Biography. Missionaries Great Britain ; Biography. Congo (Democratic Republic) Description and travel. Biography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Two volumes, complete. Original black cloth, gilt titles to spines, top edges gilt, (9.5 x 6.5 inches). First Edition. 990 pages continuously paginated; illustrated with 496 b&w photographs and drawings. 14 maps, some fold-out (collated complete). A history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland together with some account of the native peoples and their languages, the fauna and flora; and similiar notes on the Cameroons and the Island of Fernando Po. Showing some light wear and rubbing to exterior, a few spots of expected foxing mainly on prelims.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt title to spine, blind rule to boards, illustrated with black and white photographs and photgraphic plates, black and white maps and including fold out maps in both volumes, which are presented in black and red, and black and coloured inks respectively. Some rubbing to the cloth at extremities, a little soiling and some light scratches; tanning to endpapers and a little foxing for first several and last few pages. A very good set.

First edition. Two volumes, Plates and Maps, 2 large folding,at the ends of the volumes, one with short marginal tear. Ex. Baptist Theologiccal Library with stamps on titles. Portrait to volume 1 detached. Stitching slack. Two volumes 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches), pages: 990 (continous pagination. Original black cloth; the bindings rubbed but acually quite good with no library marks. With the bookplate of the Rev. George Yuille.

8vo. pp. xxv, [1], 587. folding colour map, 4 maps in text (2 full-page), photogravure frontis. portrait, & 32 plates. original cloth (rubbed, lacking front flyleaf). First American Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The Revs. George Grenfell and William Forfeitt, the Baptist Missionary Society, and others; Sir Harry Johnston (illustrator). First edition. First edition of this informative history of prominent Cornish explorer George Grenfell, profusely illustrated with plates and maps. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Volume One of two.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two plates, a number of vignettes and eleven maps, one of which is folding. Lacking the map to the end of the volume.The study of the life of Cornish missionary and explorer George Grenfell, published two years after his death in Basoko from backwater fever. Written by British explorer, botanist, artist and colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston. 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. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in a few small tears to the spine head and tail, and light marking. Internally, generally firmly boun, with a few delicate pages towards the centre. Small closed tear to page 68 and to the map facing page 494. Bright and clean with spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of George Hawker's biography of missionary and explorer George Grenfell, complete with maps and 71 illustrations A first edition of George Hawker's biography of the 19th century missionary George Grenfell, with 4 maps, 1 folding map, and 71 illustrations, collated and complete. Hawker provides a vivid biography of Grenfell, building on Grenfell's letters to give an account of the missionary's life as he travelled from Birmingham to Bristol, and from Cameroon and the Congo. 8 pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Boards are slightly bent at the extremities. Some light foxing to the edge of the text block. Internally, firmly bound. Some foxing to the endpapers, with the occasional light spot throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 2 volumes, xxiii, 990 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates, folding maps, illustrations (some colour) : 24 cm. 1 loose page. 'the whole founded on the diaries and researches of George Grenfell, on the records of the British Baptist Missionary Society, and on additional information contributed by the author, by Lawson Forfeitt, Emil Torday, and others, by Sir Harry Johnston.'.

First edition. Illustrated with photogravure portrait, maps, and illustrations from photographs. 8vo, publisher's original dark green textured cloth with gilt medallion and lettering on upper board and gilt lettering on spine. xxvi, 587,8 ads. A fine bright copy, clean and with a minor bit of refurbishment at the front inner hinge. FIRST EDITION. As a Baptist missionary, George Grenfell first went to Africa in 1875. He was the first to prove the independent nature of the Mubangi, discovered the Ruki or Black River, found himself in contact with actual cannibals and discovered and named Grenfell Falls on the Mubangi. Meant as a companion volume to Sir Harry Johnston's; "George Grenfell and the Congo", this work concentrates on Grenfell's missionary efforts rather than his explorations. ".it is refreshing to recall the remembrance of this good man, a missionary in the purest sense of the word; who succeeded, as the messenger of peace, in irradiating the immense basin of the Congo by his itineraries and in endowing its geography with fixed points carefully determined by astronomical observations" (from his obituary in the Le Movement Geographic).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. 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. 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. 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. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Exceptionally bright examples of the richly illustrated first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell's travels. 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.With the bookplate of John Godfray le Quesne to the front pastedown of volume I. He was a civil servant and QC under Margaret Thatcher.He was awarded in 1887 the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his explorations in the Cameroons and Congo. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails. Fading to head and tail of rear board of volume I, and head of volume II front board. I. Bookplate to front pastedown of volume I. Internally, bindings lightly strained. Pages exceptionally clean and bright Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. xiii, 496; xx, 497-990 pages; with maps and plates. Top edge gilt. Jackets good only: spines sunned, sizable chunk off vol. 2 at head of spine, rear flap of vol. 1 split ~ now in removable archival sleeves. Foxing to preliminary and final leaves, including margin of folding maps at rear. Bindings sound; no inscriptions. 9.5 x 7 inches.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Both volumes Very Good in boards. Owner bookplate on Vol. II front pastedown. Top text block edges gilded. Corners lightly bumped. Faint foxing throughout text of each volume.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Bright copies of the two volume first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrappers. 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.In the exceptionally scarce publisher's original dust wrappers, unclipped.Illustrated with fourteen maps, three of which are folding, and 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.He was awarded in 1887 the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his explorations in the Cameroons and Congo. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with unclipped dust wrappers. Bumping to spine heads and tails, with light marks to head of front boards. Significant fading to dust wrapper back strips, with significant closed tear to tail of of volume I front joint. Further closed tear to tail of volume I front flyleaf fold, and small fold to centre of rear wrap. Edgewear to volume I back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd light spot to final few leaves of each volume. Very Good Indeed. book.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1908. Royal 8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering on spines. Top edges gilt. Spine ends and joints slightly frayed. 2 frontispiece portraits in photogravure (the first with nicks at foot, not affecting image). XXIII,496XX,497-990. Profusely illustrated with plates, textillustrations and maps. Light foxing to a few leaves. Clean and fine. First edition.

First edition, presentation copy to the typist of the work, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "This copy of the Life of Grenfell George is presented to Miss Ada Goodman by its author, in faithful appreciation of the obliging & expert manner in which she accomplished the somewhat difficult task of type-writing the manuscript for the press. May 1909". George Grenfell (1849-1906) was a missionary and explorer who was awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for his detailed account of his travels through Congo and Cameroon. Following Grenfell's death in Basoko, a town on the Congo River, the Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society commissioned Grenfell's former classmate and friend, Rev. George Hawker (1857-1932), to write this biography. Hawker heavily relied on accounts from Grenfell's friends and family. This included Grenfell's sister, Mary Rowe, and his second wife, Rosana Edgerley, who accompanied him on his travels. Loosely inserted is an advertising slip for the Congo Reform Association. Octavo. Photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, 32 half-tone plates, colour folding map, illustrations to text, 8 pp. of advertisements to rear. Original green bead-grain cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, Royal Geographical Society's Patron's medal in gilt to front cover, edges trimmed. Cloth clean, extremities slightly bumped and rubbed, gilt bright, foxing to edges and outer leaves, occasionally affecting margins, browning to endpapers, a couple of small tears to folding map, not affecting printed area. A very good copy.

First edition, first impression, of this study of the work of the Cornish missionary and explorer George Grenfell, published two years after his death in Basoko from backwater fever. It comes with 496 illustrations from photographs and 14 maps, showing all aspects of Congolese culture and society. George Grenfell (1849-1906) was a Baptist missionary who travelled widely in central Africa and for whom "the loss of an eye in early life in no way impaired his energy" (ODNB). He was first sent to Cameroon in 1874, moving to the Congo in 1878, where he would establish a number of new mission stations. He explored many of the country's rivers, such as the Congo, Kasai, Sankuru, and Lulua, making contact with the Batwa tribe among others. In 1887 he was awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for his detailed account of his travels. Sixteen years later in 1903 he protested to King Leopold against consistent refusal of the Congo Free State authorities to allow further Baptist advance beyond Yakusu on the Upper Congo. This work is an account of Grenfell's activities in the Congo and Cameroon, based on the notes he left when he suddenly died. It covers anthropology, colonial and pre-colonial history, material culture, botany, and language. It was written by the colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston (1858-1927), who was influential in many parts of the "scramble for Africa" and published roughly 40 books about the continent. Johnston used his own research to supplement Grenfell's, especially with his photographs and illustrations of the scenery of the island of Fernando Po. Johnston also included his views of the Congo Free State, paying attention to both its achievements and notorious misdeeds. N. W. Thomas, "Sir Harry Johnston on 'George Grenfell and the Congo'", Journal of the Royal African Society, vol. 8, no. 29, 1908. 2 vols, octavo. Sepia photogravure frontispieces with tissue guards, 6 maps (3 folding, one in full colour), illustrations from photographs and maps in text. Original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, covers stamped with double-fillet border in blind, top edges gilt. Extremities slightly bumped and rubbed, foot of vol. II boards rather worn, some minor internal foxing, maps bright with light foxing and a few closed tears sympathetically repaired: a very good set.