My African Journey - Sir Winston Spencer Churchill 1908 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition Finely bound first edition, with 61 illustrations from photographs by the Churchill and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Wilson, and three maps.

Originally serialised in the Strand Magazine, Churchill's account of British territory in East Africa represents the author at his journalistic best. Because it was written, or perhaps dictated, on the spot, it echoes much of the freshness to be found in '
Malakand Field Force' and is a showcase for Churchill's powers of observation. 'My African Journey' may not be among his best-known works but is certainly one of his best.
  References: Woods, Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill, A12(aa). Langworth, A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 81. Czech, African Big Game Hunting, 37.

Octavo (binding size 19.2x13.7cm), pp. [2] xiii [1] 226 [18 (’Hodder and Stoughton List’)] [2].
  Elegantly bound in recent three-quarter burgundy morocco leather over matching cloth, spine with raised bands, titles and 'lions rampant' tooled in gilt, top edge gilt. With the original decorated cloth cover bound in at rear.   Condition: Some spotting to preliminary leaves, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding   Ref: 111706   Price: HK$ 12,000