CHARLES GEORGE GORDON (1833-85)

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CHARLES GEORGE GORDON (1833-85)
A Common Prayer book believed to have belonged to Gordon of Khartoum with a boxed calf binding, the clasp with the initials 'C.G.G.', the front free end-paper inscribed 'C.G. Gordon. With deep and warm regard B.S.A.',and again 'Slain at Khartoum Jan. 26. 1885. Called to the Saviour he loved and to where he prayed for me. This my gift to him returned to me after his death, B.S.A.'.

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