Winston Spencer Churchill — My African Journey

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his 1907 five month long trip to in East Africa. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates. The first edition of Winston Churchill's first hand account of his travels around British controlled East Africa in the autumn of 1907. The first edition in book form, first published in 'The Strand' magazine. Illustrated with three maps, and sixty photographic illustrations on forty-six plates. Collated, lacking one plate, 'Shooting Party at Thika Camp', which should face page 24.In early November of 1907, Churchill killed a rhinoceros, the basis of the striking illustration on the front cover of this first edition.With eighteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.Back strip restored to head, with endpapers renewed.A smart copy of Churchill's travelogue on Britain's possessions in East Africa, written while he was serving as Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. This works is notable for being the only one of his many publications to contain photographs ostensibly taken by the author. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with restoration to back strip head, and with endpapers renewed. Bumping to back strip tail, with fading to back strip, and boards bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd spot. Lacking one plate. Very Good . Ill.: Winston Churchill. Very Good .