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THINKING BLACK by D.CRAWFORD - 1912

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THINKING BLACK by D.CRAWFORD - 1912

THINKING BLACK

by D.CRAWFORD

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London: Morgan and Scott, 1912. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 6 x 9. TITLE: THINKING BLACK By D. CRAWFORD 1912 WITH TIP-INS rare AUTHOR: D. CRAWFORD PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: Morgan and Scott, London 1912 EDITION: First Edition CATEGORY: Adventure BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket CONDITION: (All defects if any are formulated into pricing by ViewFair Books books. If we miss any defects are highlights on any book, our policy is to make immediate amends to any customer): The book is without a dust jacket. The outside has some scuffing to the cloth along the edges. There are a couple of dryout spots to the cloth near the author's name on the front board (see photo). The book was gifted three times inside the same family on the half title page. Book is without any other marks or writings, pages are clean, book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 6 x 9 (approximately) PAGES: 485 plus 15 plus about 6 ad pages BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition. Morgan and Scott, London 1912. Good(minus)/None dust jacket condition. 22 YEARS WITHOUT A BREAK IN THE LONG GRASS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. Contents: Book I: first fears justified; first things first; far, yet not farthest, in; our African apprenticeship; "boring in" fat her; eastward ho!; "own up and pay up"; dark doings in Luvaleland; the desert journey; Book II: farthest, but shut, in; vice versa; shut in, but almost out; black suffragettes; thus far and no farther; red sunset; "Nemesis, daughter of night"; our e astern exodus; boring out east; Kavanga: the gates of the morning; "great white lake"; a page of history; black man = black manners; "the year of love": an epilogue - Impressionistic accounts of Africa and Africans by an English missionary who journeyed to the source of the Nile. The work covers an area from Angola, Congo, Rhodesia and Mozambique. The author tries to writes sympathetically and lovingly of his travels in Africa, where he was a Brethren missionary. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR TIP IN PLATES, THAT COULD BE FRAMED!!! InvCode zu40 ViewFair Books :.
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  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Morgan and Scott
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1912
  • Size 6 x 9

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Thinking Black; 22 Years Without A Break In The Long Grass Of Central Africa

by Crawford, D

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New York: George H. Doran Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Second Edition. Hardcover. Spine is cracking at a few signatures. Corners are beginning to bump, and chip. Spine has some light fading, and is beginning to chip. Pages are beginning to fox. Frontispiece is torn, but present. .
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Thinking Black

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New York: Doran, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good 2ned ed. Rubbed cover. Bumped corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Thinking Black: 22 Years without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa.

Thinking Black: 22 Years without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa.

by D Crawford

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UK: Morgan and Scott, London, 1913. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wonderful b/w plates. 2nd editiono Uncut opapes, gilt edges at bottom. & top. 485 pages. Maps to endpapers.
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Thinking Black: 22 Years Without a break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

by Crawford, D

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Morgan and Scott, 1913. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth over boards. Corners bumped. Top edge of spine pulled. Wear on edges. Map endpapers. B.W photos. foxing throughout. Top edge gilt. Deckle edges.
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Thinking Black: 22 Years Without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

by Crawford, D

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No dust jacket. The author recounts his 22 years in southern Africa, between 1889 and 1912. Cover shows some wear and a few strains. Pages are clean, tight and intact, with a number of black and white photographs (photos #6, 7 and 8) and four full color drawings inset on black paper with tissue paper coverings (photos #4 and 5). Endpapers are splitting over the spine (photos #3 and 9), but the binding is still solid. The route of Crawford's travels is shown on both endpapers. This is a rare and valued book. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.
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Thinking Black: 22 Years Without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

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George H. Doran. Used - Acceptable. 1913. Reprint. Hardcover. Orig. cloth, 484 pp. (+ Index), illus. Color frontis. detached but present. Cloth worn, Hinges cracked and loose but not separated. A reasonably good reading copy of a scarce work. Ex-library with usual markings and labels. Sound working copy.
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Thinking Black

by D. Crawford ( Konga Vantu)

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George H. Doran, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. front board loosening 500 pages tipped in color illustration near rear African end boards map
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Thinking Black - 22 Years Without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

by D. Crawford (Konga Vantu)

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George H. Doran Company, 1913. Second Edition. . Hard Cover/No Jacket. Very Good. pp.484 plus index. clean tight copy tan color covers with black title on front but gold gilt on spine shows creases to top/bottom spines and some bumping to corners, some spots of soiling to covers, front and spine gutters are cracked but everything still attached, endpapers maps showing authors route, b/w plates and some pastedown pictures. frontpiece is a piece of black paper with a pastedown on the other side, there is a hole in the black paper but not the pastedown picture. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Thinking Black: 22 Years Without A Break In The Long Grass Of Central Africa

by CRAWFORD, D. (Konga Vantu)

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Negro Universities Press facsimile reprint of the original 1913 edition, 1969. hbk 464pp 17pp index illus no dj as issued fine cloth boards an unread copy excellent as new
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Thinking Black - SIGNED

by Crawford, D. (Konga Vantu)

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London: Morgan and Scott Ld., 1912 Book. Fair. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Second Impression. Lacks the spine strip, otherwise light wear/marks. RARE SIGNED copy of this early 20th century look at "22 years without a break in the Long Grass of Central Africa". The author, also known as 'Konga Vantu', spent 22 years in the Belgian Congo, as a Scottish missionary of the Plymouth Brethren, starting in 1890. Illustrated with photographs and endpaper maps..
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