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.
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.