Sir Harry Johnston — George Grenfell and the Congo

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. First edition of the first volume of this informative history of prominent Cornish explorer George Grenfell, profusely illustrated with plates and maps. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Volume One of two.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two plates, a number of vignettes and eleven maps, one of which is folding. Lacking the map to the end of the volume.The study of the life of Cornish missionary and explorer George Grenfell, published two years after his death in Basoko from backwater fever. Written by British explorer, botanist, artist and colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston. A passionate missionary, in 1903 Grenfell protested King Leopold against consistent refusal of the Congo Free State authorities to allow further Baptist advance beyond Yakusu on the Upper Congo, with no effect. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in a few small tears to the spine head and tail, and light marking. Internally, generally firmly boun, with a few delicate pages towards the centre. Small closed tear to page 68 and to the map facing page 494. Bright and clean with spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: The Revs. George Grenfell and William Forfeitt, the Baptist Missionary Society, and others; Sir Harry Johnston. Very Good .