Language: English
Published by The Elgin Press, 1938
Seller: Hellertown Books, Hellertown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Some foxing inside covers.
Language: English
Published by The Elgin Press, Elgin, IL, 1938
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Black lettering on yellow covers. 8vo, 254pp. Signature on the first free end paper.
Published by Elgin Press Elgin, IL, 1938
Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. Good-. 254 pages. No DJ. Wear to edges/corners. Prev. owner's name, in pencil, front endpaper.
Published by The Elgin Press, Elgin, Illinois, 1938
Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 254pp; orange cloth HC with black lettering. Some fading to spine and right edge of front cover. Contents clean, tight, textually unmarked. B/W map and illustrations. No library stamps. Owner's name written on front endpaper.
Published by The Elgin Press, Elgin, IL, 1938
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 254 pp., map, b&w plates. Orange cloth, lightly soiled in gutters, else essentially as issued. Dust jacket shows considerable wear, with some soiling, loss at tail of spine, several closed tears and/or chipping, now in Brodart sleeve. INSCRIBED by author (as "The Bittingers") on front flyleaf. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Condition: Fair. INSCRIBED! Elgin, IL: Elgrin Press, 1938. First edition. 8vo hardcover. 254pp. Illustrations. Inscribed by author on front endpage. Good book. No dust jacket. Spine faded, with notation. Page edges toned. Foxing on endpapers. (Nigeria, Missionaries, Missions, Travel) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Elgin, IL: [1938], Elgin Press, 1938
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 254 p.; 31 il. on 8 halftone pl., line map in text; 20.5 cm. (Durnbaugh, Brethren bibliography 844) By Soudan, the author refers to the great sub-Saharan plateau west from Lake Chad and south of Timbuktu. VG orig. orange cloth, spine sl. faded. Jacket flaps laid in.
Published by Elgin Press, Elgin, IL, 1938
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper: "Very Sincerely / Desmond Bittinger / Africa." Octavo. Yellow cloth hardcover; 254pp; frontispiece map; 8 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Bright copy with just a touch of soil to board edges; spine cloth a shade sunned, Very Good to Near Fine. Contemporary ownership inscription beneath author's signature. Lacks the dustwrapper. Bittinger (1905-1991) was a Church of the Bretheren missionary in northern Nigeria (then Soudan) from 1930 to 1938. Signed.