My African Journey.
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
My African Journey.
"Then, perhaps it will be time to make another journey": First Edition of My African Journey; Inscribed by Winston Churchill
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908.
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First edition of this classic Churchill travelogue. Octavo, original cloth, with three full-page maps and over 60 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Presented to the Liberal Association of Dundee by Winston S. Churchill.” Churchill became Liberal MP for Dundee at a by-election on 9 May 1908, and held the seat until 1922. This book appears to have been a gift from the newly-elected MP to his constituency party association. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. A superior example, exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
As undersecretary of State for the Colonies in 1907, Winston Churchill traveled to Africa on a tour of inspection. He “saw the advantages of producing a travelogue on Britain’s valuable possessions in East Africa. Among these, Churchill waxes most eloquent on Uganda, which he calls ‘a pearl” (Langworth, 80). My African Journey “includes photographs allegedly taken by Churchill, the only such appearance in the canon; the text is important because it shows Churchill raising prescient questions involving the betterment of the East African population” (Langworth, 80). Cohen A27.1. Woods A12. Langworth, 80-83.
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