first edition
1852 · New York
by HATFIELD, Rev. Edwin F.
New York: Edward H. Fletcher, 1852. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's decoratively blind-stamped brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; frontispiece portrait; engraved half-title; [i]-[xvii], 18-220, (11)pp. Lacking 2 engraved portraits noted in other catalogued examples of this work (apparently never bound in to this copy). Hinges cracked, with front hinge split through at endpaper (internal); brief chipping to cloth at crown and heel; boards well preserved and text complete, clean and unmarked; a solid, Good copy. Missionary travels in South Africa, primarily in Cape Town and Saldhana Bay. (Inventory #: 25766)