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My African Journey by WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL

Creator: Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER.
My African Journey.
Stock Code 107789
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908
£950
'Churchill crossed British East Africa via the Uganda Railroad, reaching Kampala and beginning his safari. At Simba Station, oryx and rhinoceros were hunted. After arriving at Murchison Falls, he bagged a white rhino. His party continued along the Nile where hippopotamus, waterbuck, reedbuck, and roan were collected, with Colonel Wilson of the hunting party bagging an elephant.' - Czech.

First edition. 8vo, xiii, 22 6pp., 16 pages ads at end, frontispiece, 60 illustrations on 46 plates, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, a very good clean copy.

Bibliography
Woods A12; Czech p37.

Stock ID:107789

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1900-1919
Styles / Movements:	African, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	107789
Incollect Reference #:	596287

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