Printing for Africa. The Story of Robert Moffat and the Kuruman Press
by Bradlow, Frank R
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0620114894
- ISBN 13
- 9780620114899
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Kuruman: Kuruman Moffat Mission Trust, 1987) 0620114894. Author's signed presentation inscription to title page reads "For Walter & Ruth Middelman, / With Admiration for their wide intellectual interests / Frank R Bradlow". Middelman blind-stamp to front free endpaper. 240 x 150 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 36; colour frontis. tipped in; map; some illustrations. Trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "Practically single handed Moffat reduced the Sechuana language to writing, translated the Bible into it, and from his press at Kuruman issued the first printed literature in a native African language. At Kuruman too, with Mary Moffat's help, he created a model mission settlement which became a pattern for the rest of Africa." - From Northcott: Robert Moffat: Pioneer in Africa 1817-1870 .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11247
- Title
- Printing for Africa. The Story of Robert Moffat and the Kuruman Press
- Author
- Bradlow, Frank R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0620114894
- ISBN 13
- 9780620114899
- Publisher
- (Kuruman: Kuruman Moffat Mission Trust, 1987) 0620114894
- Place of Publication
- Kuruman
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Robert Moffat. Mary Moffat. David Livingstone. Kuruman. Tswana Bible. Mzilikazi. Matabele. Missions. African Printing Mission History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mission History;
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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