Search Results: thompson in africa or an account by thompson george

Dayton, OH: Self Published, 1857. Cloth - Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 362 pages, plus two pages of endorsements. Blind stamped cloth covers with gold stamped lettering on spine that has faded. Spine ends are chipped and corners are bumped and lightly worn. Open tear across bottom of frontispiece, though not affecting engraved portrait nor faux signature. Foxing on end leaves, and lightly scattered throughout contents. Light general wear, though overall a tight and useable copy.

1852. NY: Printed for the Author. 8vo. Hardcover. Bound in black blind-stamped cloth. Illustrated. Good. Binding is tight and contents are clean. Covers are slightly mottled; spine ends chipped. Name on free end paper; otherwise clean text.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: George Thompson. Fair. 1852. Second Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth binding rubbed at extremities; spine ends, corners frayed; blackstrip cloth splitting along gutters; boards scuffed; front hinge cracked & separating, though textblock tight; leaf edges, paste-downs, most leaves foxed, else a solid reading copy. ; B&w ils.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 356 pages .

Hardback. New.

New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

In Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission. Sixth Thousand. New York: Printed for the Author, 1852 Cr.8vo. 356pp. plates and illustrations, folding map. Rev. George Thompson was sent to Kaw Mendi by the American Missionary Association in 1848. It appears that the frontispiece has been cut out, with a cut to the inner margin of the title page, top and bottom spine worn. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

New York: Printed for the Author. Good+. 1852. Second Edition. Hardcover. Steel engraved frontis portrait, woodcut illustrations, folding map on blue paper in rear of Little and Big Boom Rivers (torn with some browning at fold). Interesting full page illustration of a slave ship. George Thompson, an American anti-slavery activist, provides a first-hand account of his work at the Mendi Mission in Western Africa. Formed after the Amisted affair in the U. S., this mission was an attempt to provide a Christian presence in the region. Thompson provides a look at the customs, life, and manners of the Africans, observations on African slavery and the slave trade, animals, wars, etc. In the form of entries from his journal. An uncommon book on western Africa. The book is free of foxing, but there is very light marginal dampstaining to a number of pages. Covers mottled, but generally in good, tight condition. Old owner name in pencil on end paper dated May 1852. Edition stated on title page--must… Read More