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small 8vo, 13+226 pages + catalogue, 61 illustrations from photographs by the author & Lt.-Col. Gordon Wilson, 3 maps : his trip in 1907 to Uganda, Mount Kenya, Kampala, down the White Nile and on a big game hunting safari; hardback, original boards, spine sl faded, browning to page edges & a few margins a little foxed ow vg. N.B. This is the U.S. first edition, more humble in appearance than its British counterpart but much scarcer with only 1400 copies sold in contrast to more than 8000 copies of the more frequently seen British edition. The U.S. first edition was made from British first edition sheets bound in a plain coarse dark red cloth with the same gilt titles on the spine as used on the British east africa kenya uganda mount kenya african travel Churchill safari hunting travel Mount Kenya big game.

My African Journey is the book written by Winston Churchill documenting his travels and experiences during a tour of the British Empire. In this work, Churchill offers his observations on the people, wildlife, and natural beauty of the regions he visited, particularly in parts of what are now Uganda and Kenya.