Buy this book on-line Glanville, Thomas Burt : Abroad and at home; with portrait of author(Port Elizabeth, Godlonton & Co.; Kimberley, B.D. Godlonton & Co., may be obtained of Richards, Slater & Co., Graham's Town, and of all Booksellers in chief Colonial Towns; and in London of Edward Stanford, preface 1878)
Original maroon cloth, little scuffed or marked, spine little sunned, pp. (vii) + 273, frontispiece portrait (genuine photograph laid down). Some foxing on the preliminary pages and margins, binding very slightly slack. Glanville, 1822 - 1878, journalist and missionary, began his career as a missionary in India during the early 1840s. Arrived at the Cape in 1855. Took over editorship of The Journal (formerly Graham's Town Journal) in 1866; also taking up parliamentary duties in that year. This collection of his articles and lectures, 'presented in a lively and informative manner, shows a range of interests embracing politics, Bantu affairs, economics, theology, literature, and history.' (DSAB, Vol. III, p. 328). Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Glanville, Thomas Burt : Abroad and at home; with portrait of author. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, out-of-print books, collectables, livres rares and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |