Mary Kingsley in Africa :. her travels in Nigeria and Equatorial Africa told largely in her own words /. by Rosemary Glynn ; illustrated by Anthony Brown.
Grylls, Rosalie Glynn, Lady Mander
Category
Books
Date
1956
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 3243422
Summary
Bibliographic description
138,[2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm. One manuscript correction in text. Extensive material accompanies book: loose inserts: autograph letters signed to Lady Mander in response to the book from Muriel Cardew, A.M. Kynaston, Jack Simmons, Rachel [author's god-daughter], Caroline, Marieth, Mary, Michael John Rix; press cuttings: short reviews from 'Time & tide' and 1 unknown; article from Times Literary Supplement, January 9, 1953; 2 typescript leaves headed 'Congo français', with manuscript notes to 'Either expand or leave.' With additional envelope of annotated cards and cuttings, labelled 'Mary Kingsley | Soroptomists Feb. 1957; later, autograph letter signed regarding subsequent book with reference to documentary film on subject , from [Lord] Snowdon [Antony Armstrong-Jones], Jan. 1974. (Loose material stored separately in archive.) Provenance: inscribed "Rosalie Mander Jan. 1971. Only copy! Please return." Binding: red publisher's cloth, spine lettered in black; with jacket, in clear plastic cover.
Makers and roles
Grylls, Rosalie Glynn, Lady Mander