Black and White in the Sudan de Desmond W. Bittinger - 1941

Elgin, IL: The Elgin Press, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Price is clipped off of front flap. DJ shows toning quite a bit of edge wear and tearing, mainly along the top edge. Book exterior shows toning along edges darkening within the gutters of the spine area. Crime and signed by the author as follows: " with highest esteem, To the Dr. C. C. Ellis Family, from the Desmond Bittinger family. Africa - Nov 5, 1939". No other handwriting noted in book. Binding is tight, no hinge issues, no pages. First edition thus.

elgin ill: general mission board, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. a nice clean unmarked little book in yellow hardcover, almost no wear.

Elgin, IL: The Elgin Press, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Black lettering on yellow covers. 8vo, 254pp. Signature on the first free end paper.

Elgin, IL: Elgin Press, 1938. 254 pp., yellow-orange cloth w/ black lettering; Book shows wear & fraying to ends of spine & corners; top corners of boards bumped; spine slightly sunned; a few fading dark lines to front board; 1 1/4" strip of rear board along spine a bit darkened; brown stains to fore edge of page block; retirement park stamp to front endpaper / Illustrated with 8 pages of B&W photos and a map drawn by the author. "This book seeks to preserve some of the life of the African forests and plains. It seeks to tell something of the present and the past of the Soudan." /. edition not stated. Hard Cover. Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Elgin Press, Elgin, IL: (1938)., 1938 254p. + Map and Photographs, slightly age stained. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, lettered in black. Spine faded. Binding slightly soiled. Brethren Missions in the present day Mali and Nigeria. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 10 0.0. Hardcover.

General Mission Board, Elgin, IL: 1939., 1939 45p. Lacks front fly leaf and possibly frontis. Inked ownership of Harry C. Neff. 12mo. Original full yellow cloth binding, slightly soiled. Front board decorated in black with drawings of young Anjikwi's life in Africa. Brethren Mission in Nigeria Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. RELIGION BOX 10 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Elgin, IL: The Elgin Press, 1938. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254 pp., map, b&w plates. Orange cloth, lightly soiled in gutters, else essentially as issued. Dust jacket shows considerable wear, with some soiling, loss at tail of spine, several closed tears and/or chipping, now in Brodart sleeve. INSCRIBED by author (as "The Bittingers") on front flyleaf..

Elgin Press, Elgin, IL: (1938)., 1938 254p. + Plus photographs. Picture of author tipped onto title page. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding, spine faded. Scarce account of a Brethren Missionary in Africa. AFRICA/3 0.0. Hardcover.

Elgin, IL: Elgin Press, 1938. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper: "Very Sincerely / Desmond Bittinger / Africa." Octavo. Yellow cloth hardcover; 254pp; frontispiece map; 8 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Bright copy with just a touch of soil to board edges; spine cloth a shade sunned, Very Good to Near Fine. Contemporary ownership inscription beneath author's signature. Lacks the dustwrapper. Bittinger (1905-1991) was a Church of the Bretheren missionary in northern Nigeria (then Soudan) from 1930 to 1938.

Taiwan: Tunghai University, 1963. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight. Covers mostly clean [just a little soiling at back cover only], extremities and covers with only a little wear, edges lightly browning. PO's name penned on title page. The other stories are: Brother's Valley and A City Which Could Not Be Taken. During a sabbatical leave from McPherson College Kansas in 1962-63, the author, an anthropologist, served as a Fulbright Lecturer in Formosa and in Pakistan. While in Formosa he lectured at two universities, did research among the mountain aborigines, and wrote the book, "Wu Feng, Companion of Headhunters". Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First American Editio. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7 3/4 to 9 3/4".