Rare Books
"Leaves From A Missionary's Notebook" 1929 TENNANT, Stephen
$1,800
TENNANT, Stephen
Inscribed by the author on FFEP
With love S Tennant
[80] pp.
Secker and Warburg
To E.M. Forster
One hundred and twenty-five copies of this book have been specially printed on vellum paper for sale in England, each numbered and signed by the author. This is No...
1929
10 3/4" x 7
Leaves from a Missionary's Notebook, subtitled 'The Story of Felix Littlejohn. Missionary and Explorer', was Stephen Tennant's only commercially published book. It reveals, through pictures and Tennant's swirling text, the adventures of a missionary sent to the South Seas. The residents are not however susceptible to conversion and Littlejohn is surrounded by lusty locals and beefy sailors, common motifs in Tennant's works.
Although the book was completed in 1929, it was not published until 1937. It was republished in 1986 to celebrate the author's eightieth birthday when it was banned by Lambeth libraries for it's racial stereotypes.
*chipping to upper left and lower right front jacket panel*
Inscribed by the author on FFEP
With love S Tennant
[80] pp.
Secker and Warburg
To E.M. Forster
One hundred and twenty-five copies of this book have been specially printed on vellum paper for sale in England, each numbered and signed by the author. This is No...
1929
10 3/4" x 7
Leaves from a Missionary's Notebook, subtitled 'The Story of Felix Littlejohn. Missionary and Explorer', was Stephen Tennant's only commercially published book. It reveals, through pictures and Tennant's swirling text, the adventures of a missionary sent to the South Seas. The residents are not however susceptible to conversion and Littlejohn is surrounded by lusty locals and beefy sailors, common motifs in Tennant's works.
Although the book was completed in 1929, it was not published until 1937. It was republished in 1986 to celebrate the author's eightieth birthday when it was banned by Lambeth libraries for it's racial stereotypes.
*chipping to upper left and lower right front jacket panel*