My African Journey
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First edition
London (and New York): Hodder and Stoughton (for George H. Doran Company), 1908. First U.S. edition, only printing, first state. Hardcover. This is the U.S. first edition, more humble in appearance than its British counterpart, but also far more scarce. My African Journey is Churchill's travelogue on Britain's possessions in East Africa, written while he was serving as Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. This book is notable, among other things, for being the only one of his many books to contain photographs ostensibly taken by the author. This copy is the elusive first state of the first American edition. The first U.S. edition is far scarcer than the British first edition, with only 1400 copies sold (encompassing all three states), in contrast to more than 8000 copies of the more frequently seen British edition. The U.S. first edition was made from British first edition sheets bound in a plain coarse dark red cloth with the same gilt titles on the spine as used on the British. Unlike its British counterpart, the sheets were left untrimmed on the fore and bottom edges and were bound without the Hodder and Stoughton catalogue at the rear. The three states of these U.S. first editions differ only in the title pages. This first state lists Hodder and Stoughton at the foot of the title page and the location as London. The second state still lists Hodder & Stoughton but with an ampersand instead of and and adding New York and to London. The third state substitut
- Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton (for George H. Doran Company)
- Year: 1908
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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