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Leaves from a missionary's notebook the story of Felix Littlejohn, missionary and explorer

Title
Leaves from a missionary's notebook [graphic] : the story of Felix Littlejohn, missionary and explorer / by Stephen Tennant.
Author
Tennant, Stephen, 1906-1987.
Publication
[1929]

Details

Description
  • 1 v. (70 drawings on 76 p., 3 on covers : black ink and lavender wash); 28 cm.
  • 2 drawings : watercolor, brown and pink ;
  • 1 drawing : watercolor ;
Subject
  • Missionaries > Caricatures and cartoons
  • Indigenous peoples > Great Britain > Colonies
  • Missionaries
  • Seamen
  • Vice
Genre/Form
  • Book illustrations.
  • Caricatures.
  • Ink drawings.
  • Wash drawings.
  • Watercolor drawings.
  • Drawings.
Note
  • The vol. of drawings with accompanying handwritten text is apparently printer's copy for: Leaves from a missionary's notebook / by Stephen Tennant. [London] : Secker and Warburg, [1929]. Includes pencilled notes, strike-throughs, etc., by the author/artist indicating omissions and changes of position, with further additions and deletions on pasteovers; the published work accordingly contains reproductions of 62 drawings only. Drawings on p. [1] and [4] of covers in brown ink and pink wash. Signed in red ink on front cover.
  • Large drawings on loose sheets are perhaps designs for book jacket; on paper with letterhead "Wilsford Manor, Salisbury, Wiltshire." Each signed following inscribed title "Leaves from a missionary's notebook."
  • Accompanied by a copy of the special limited ed. of the book, cataloged separately as Spencer Coll. Eng. 1929 94-176a.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1929 94-176b
OCLC
NYPG94-F92
Author
Tennant, Stephen, 1906-1987. Artist
Title
Leaves from a missionary's notebook [graphic] : the story of Felix Littlejohn, missionary and explorer / by Stephen Tennant.
Imprint
[1929]
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1929 94-176b
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