Buy this book on-line Barrow, A. H : Fifty Years in Western Africa: Being a Record of the Work of the West Indian Church on the Banks of the Rio Pongo(London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1900)
Crown 8vo; original blue cloth gilt; pp. 157, adverts; map. Small wormhole in upper joint; endpapers browned; sporadic foxing. Good condition. (Hess & Coger, Bibliography of Primary Sources for Nineteenth Century Tropical Africa, 5367) An interesting firsthand account of the progress of the West Indian Mission in Sierra Leone and Guinea. The missionaries had to contend with such challenges as termites, tornadoes, tribal wars, fever and locusts - not to mention devil worship by the locals, and the prospect of martyrdom! 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 Barrow, A. H : Fifty Years in Western Africa: Being a Record of the Work of the West Indian Church on the Banks of the Rio Pongo. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. BARROW, A.H : Fifty Years in Western Africa: Being a Record of the Work of the West Indian Church on the Banks of the Rio PongoSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1900
Very good in the original black cloth, lightly scarred on boards. Presentation rubber stamp from the publishers on title page else clean, tight and seemingly unread. 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 BARROW, A.H : Fifty Years in Western Africa: Being a Record of the Work of the West Indian Church on the Banks of the Rio Pongo. 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 antiquarian books, livres anciens, collectables, livres illustrées and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |