(London: John Murray, 1849).

FIRST EDITION AND A VERY EARLY ACCOUNT OF A BRITISH WOMAN'S TIME IN AFRICA. The author lived for several years in Sierra Leone. She informally tells us of the hardships and discomforts, but also provides much on the missionaries, the climate, the natural attributes of the area, the slave traders, and of the native peoples. Item #34587

First Edition. 8vo, in a handsome binding of brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, the spine with raised bands, black morocco lettering label gilt, xii, 335, [1] pp. A handsome copy, the binding is strong and solid and in excellent condition, , the text is essentially free of any spotting or staining, on occasion just a touch age mellowed.