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BOOTH, General William (1829-1912). In Darkest England and the Way Out. London: W. Burgess, The Carlyle Press for International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, [1890].
8o (220 x 150 mm). Half-title, 6-page advertisement for "Publications of the Salvation Army." Folding chromolithographic frontispiece (small tear along fold). Original black cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (front hinge cracked); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title: "With love and faith and hope William Booth October 29. 90," just nine days after the book's publication. Booth's founding of the Salvation Army in 1878 resulted from his preocuppation with bettering the lives, both spiritual and physical, of England's submerged tenth. In Darkest Africa was largely ghost-written by W.T. Stead. It's title echoes Stanley's In Darkest Africa, also published in 1890, and suggests that the domestic problems in England were as severe as those described by Stanley. PMM 373.
[With:]
Three cabinet photos, 99/148 x 55/105 mm, of Catherine Booth-Clibborn (eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth), Sidney Hartwell Beard and an unidentified woman. A letter from Margaret E. Wilson, Beard's daughter, forwards the photographs. A letter by Gordon Taylor, Archivist at the Salvation Army, identifies the photo of Catherine Booth-Clibborn and relates that further information about Beard is not available.
8o (220 x 150 mm). Half-title, 6-page advertisement for "Publications of the Salvation Army." Folding chromolithographic frontispiece (small tear along fold). Original black cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (front hinge cracked); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title: "With love and faith and hope William Booth October 29. 90," just nine days after the book's publication. Booth's founding of the Salvation Army in 1878 resulted from his preocuppation with bettering the lives, both spiritual and physical, of England's submerged tenth. In Darkest Africa was largely ghost-written by W.T. Stead. It's title echoes Stanley's In Darkest Africa, also published in 1890, and suggests that the domestic problems in England were as severe as those described by Stanley. PMM 373.
[With:]
Three cabinet photos, 99/148 x 55/105 mm, of Catherine Booth-Clibborn (eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth), Sidney Hartwell Beard and an unidentified woman. A letter from Margaret E. Wilson, Beard's daughter, forwards the photographs. A letter by Gordon Taylor, Archivist at the Salvation Army, identifies the photo of Catherine Booth-Clibborn and relates that further information about Beard is not available.