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ROSS, ANDREW: : DAVID LIVINGSTONE: MISSION AND EMPIRE

LONDON.HAMBLEDON and LONDON,2002.

ISBN 1852852852.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export edn,released before the trade issue in the country of its origin. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,background wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Thomas Baines,1859 - Town of Tete from the North Shore of the Zambezi (Tete was a base for Livingstone's RGS Zambesi expedition,with an overpainted Livingstone colour portrait by Henry Wyndham Philllips, 1857 and a superimposed facsimile Livingstone signature acoss the portrait on front of dw/dj, with capitalised,black-lettered title and author's name at top edge.Spine/backstrip with continuation of illustration and capitalised dark blue-lettered part-title,capitalised,black-lettered sub-title and author name with publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name ina coloured panel colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a single critic's white-lettered review.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with merest,faintest hint of toning,but with the fore-edges still bright, crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright, crisp, blocked gilt lettering,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xivpp+2-274pp [paginated] includes reverse of Ilustrations list/ table, author's Introduction,a Note on African names,15 chapters with contemporary b/w illustration reproductions,contemporary b/w portrait and location photographs and 4 b/w regional maps throughout the text,Notes,a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table,and the recto of  the Illustrations list/table.             Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20+ year-old age.It is only the minor exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                 David Livingstone,FRGS,FRS,(b. 19th March,1813 – d. 4th May,1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist,pioneer Christian missionary] with the London Missionary Society,and an explorer in Africa,who wanted to abolish slavery; was one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era, a supreme representative of the British Empire. Yet his career suffered many set-backs during his own life-time,and since his death his reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. Were his epic journeys through Africa purely to save souls and counter the slave trade? Or were they the first steps towards bringing the peoples of Central Africa under the control of Europeans who would destroy their values and exploit them economically? Beyond these questions,there lies the puzzle of Livingstone's own character and its contradictions.                                  Livingstone's career was certainly an extraordinary one.Born in poverty in Blantyre, Scotland,he educated himself by heroic endeavor, later proving him-self to be a remarkable linguist and scientist.His missionary journeys brought him into contact with a wide range of African peoples,for whom he showed remarkable sympathy. 'David  Livingstone: Mission and Empire' is a scholarly and readable account of Livingstone's life and of his achievements.   Andrew Ross is the author of 'A Vision Betrayed: The Jesuits in Japan and China 1549- 1742' and 'Blantyre Mission and the Making of Modern Malawi.' He is Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Divinity,University of Edinburgh.      Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **  

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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