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London: William Crofts, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. Modern ruby cloth, black leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. 412 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Two folding maps with outline coloring, 26 plates, two in color. Gardiner attended the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, serving at sea from 1810-1826, rising to rank of Commander. He then devoted the remainder of his life to missionary work, founding the first missionary station at Port Natal. From 1834 to 1838 he attempted to establish Christian churches in Zululand without success. Color plates clean, a few black and white engravings toned at margins, some text toning, last thirty leaves one half centimeter stain at lower fore-edge.
Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country in South Africa: Undertaken in 1835 1836 by Allen Francis Gardiner - 2015
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2015. Paperback. New. [Size: 13.34 x 21.59 cms] Lang: - English, Pages 449. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back [1836]. This book is Printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover [HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE], Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Any type of Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.
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Narrative Of A Journey To The Zoolu Country, In South Africa
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William Crofts, 1836-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in contemporary green cloth. Professionally rebacked. Good binding and cover. 22 cm. iv, 412 pp., errata slip bound-in at front, with two folding maps at rear. 26 lithographic plates, two hand-colored. Internally generally clean and unmarked, with a few minor spots to plates. Early signature of Fr. Wahlgren, 1846 on fep. Gardiner founded the first missionary station at Port Natal. "From 1834 to 1838 he was engaged in earnest endeavors to establish christian churches in Zululand, but political events and native wars combined to prevent any permanent success" (DNB). Mendelssohn South African Bibliography, vol. 1, pp. 587/588.Abbey Travel 332. Travels to Zulu land.
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