David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.

Cartwright (Justin)

Description:

Cartwright (Justin) David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. The Bookdealer (No1817). June 2010. 8vo,., 6pp. article, contained within the Bookdealer Magazine. This issue also includes a note on the controversy surrounding the publication of the first edition and the variants of Livingstone’s Book. Justin Cartwright, was born in South Africa, educated in the US and at Oxford. He has written a number of highly acclaimed, is a winner of the Whitbread Prize and has been short listed for the Booker Prize.
Bookdealer was founded over 35 years ago mainly as a journal through which second-hand booksellers could advertise for ‘Books Wanted’ and ‘Books for Sale’. Today, published monthly, the magazine is a delightful mixture of trade news, comment, books reviews and book related articles. Among the regular contributors are Sir Christopher Ondaatje; Nick Smith (former editor of the National Geographic); Andrew Robinson (former editor of the Times Higher Education Literary Supplement); Mick Herron (Author) and Mike Popham (former Editor of ‘From Our Own Correspondent’, freelance journalist and BAFTA member). There are also trade catalogue reviews by James Fergusson and reports from rare book auctions by Ian McKay. All are of interest to booksellers, dealers, collectors and bibliophiles. More information may be found at www.bookdealer.org.uk. (The purchase price of the above lot will include a year’s subscription to the magazine. Individual issues can be purchased through us)

Details:

  • Publisher: Bookdealer
  • Publisher Place: Tonbridge
  • Date of Publication: June 2010
  • Edition: First
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Lot No: 319
  • Hammer Price: $50
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 27
  • Estimate: $55
  • Reserve: $50

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  • Name: Chas J. Sawyer
  • Address: 46 The Haydens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1NS.
  • Contact Person: Richard Sawyer
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