Churchill, Winston

My African Journey

London: Heron Books, 1962. Octavo, red boards decorated in gilt and with gilt-stamped facsimile Churchill signature, b&w frontis, b&w plates, decorated endpapers, pp xii, 150. The frontispiece shows Churchill holding a gun, next to a dead rhinoceros. Near-fine condition.

"My African Journey", first published in 1908, is Churchill's travelogue on Britain's possessions in East Africa, written while he was serving as Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. It is the only one of his many books to contain photographs allegedly taken by the author. Item #106752

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