Back to the Long Grass - My Link with Livingstone by Dan Crawford - 1923

New York. hardcover. Numerous b/w photos. Thick short 8vo, cloth; hinges weak. New York., (n.d.).<br/><br/>

George H. Doran Co., NY, no date given. First Edition, no additional pri. Hardcover. very good/no jacket. NOT an ex library book. Book with black cloth binding, print in gold. Prior owner information dated 1929 on front endpaper. 373 pages.

New York: George H. Doran Company. Hardcover. Good +. George H. Doran Co., ND (circa 1920s). Hardcover. Missing/No DJ. 6" x 9" Dark green cloth boards. Discoloration spots on cover possibly dampstain. Embossed stamp on bottom corner of front cover is faded. Edges are square. Corners are very lightly rubbed. Gilt lettering on spine. Shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Slight spine roll. Top edge of textblock is heavily darkened. Foxing and discoloration to fore-edge. Pages are age-tanned with light foxing. B&W photo plates throughout are crisp with some staining at edges of plates. Closed tear of frontispiece from hinge. No writing on pages. This book includes maps and photographs to highlight the author’s own exploration of Dr. Livingstone’s travels. history

Charles H. Doran, 1923-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. n.d. (c. 1920s) Illustrated with photographs and sketch maps. The volume is bumped at the spine ends and has lightly toned pages. The dust jacket, sleeved in mylar has light perimeter toning, a darkened spine, corner and spine chips with "Doran" almost totally obliterated at the spine tail, and an "L" shaped chip at the crown affecting the words "Back" and "To".

New York: George H. Doran Co, 1920. HC. very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. The author has based his book on David Livingstone's last pioneer journey: mile by mile he takes us southward through a still untouched Dark Continent and as we travel he pours out for us the great wealth of his African knowledge." 373pp.

Doran. Hardcover. Reading Copy. 373 pgs. text clean, binding okay. some wear to cover. no publication date, but probably prior to 1930. some photos. one photo page laid in.

New York: George H. Doran, no date. 3rd ptg . Hardcover. Very Good+/Poor. 8600 shelf. Thick volume. No names, clean text. DJ front & back panels present, spine panel gone. b/w photos. very good+, remains of dj, dark green cloth. Tight 373 pgs

London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, nd. (c.1922). Daniel "Dan" Crawford (1870 � 1926), also known as 'Konga Vantu', was a Scottish missionary of the Plymouth Brethren in central-southern Africa. Pp.373, 33 black & white photos and illustrations +3 maps, toning to endpapers, inner front hinge cracking but holding firm. Black cloth, gilt title to spinem minor edge wear. G+." As well as being involved in translation work with several of the local tribal languages, he was an original thinker and was exceptionally well-read. In many ways he was far ahead of his time, as his books (Thinking Black and Back to the Long Grass) show very clearly. His approach to others was summed up in his words, "I am de-nationalized - a brother to all men; Arab, African, Mongol, Aryan, Jew; seeing in the Incarnation a link that binds us up with all men". This attitude led him to an identification with the Africans and their culture that was not generally welcomed by his European associates at the time and when this is… Read More