MY DIARIES, BEING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE EVENTS, 1888-1914

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TWO VOLUMES. Front covers and spine lettered in gilt. Spines darkened. Hinges starting. Spine extremities frayed. Top edges gilt. Book-plates front endpapers. Frontispiece illustrations with tissue-guards. Volume 1 covers the years 1888 to 1900, and is titled "The Scramble for Africa". Volume 2, printed in 1920 covers 1900 to 1914, and is titles "The Coalition Against Germany". Both volumes have appendices. 512-511pp. The author (1840-1922) was an English poet and writer known for his anti-imperialist views. He travelled extensively through Africa, especially Egypt. Historian Robert O. Collins wrote that "Blunt was both arrogant and irascible, his works scathing and discursive, and at times utterly ridiculous.but even the dullest of men will come away stimulated if not aroused and with fresh insights." Size: Crown Octavo. N° de ref. del artículo 015449

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