FROM HAUSALAND TO EGYPT, Through the Sudan

Kumm, H(ermann), Karl W(ilhelm)

Published by Constable and Co. Ltd, London, 1910

About this Item

orange pict. cloth, beveled boards, pp.,xi,{2},324., illustrated, port. frontis of author, 6 full color plates of butterflies, (with tissue guards) , full page map, facsims., tables, diagrs., folding map at rear, (of Dr. Kumm's journey), index, light overall soil to covers, a few pages with minor edge tears from careless opening, a clean, tight copy. Kumm was the founder of the Sudan pioneering mission, He was married to Lucy Guiness, daughter of the British evangelist Grattan Guniess. After taking British citizenship he went into service in Upper Egypt in 1900 where he founded the aformentioned mission. In 1904 he founded the Sudan United Mission. A hunter of big game, there are accounts of his shooting of elephant, buffalo and oterh large animals on his travels on the Niger and Nile. World War I interupted his missionary work and eventually moved to New Jersey, USA. He died in 1930. Size: 8 Vo., Seller Inventory # 123782

Bibliographic Details

Title: FROM HAUSALAND TO EGYPT, Through the Sudan

Publisher: Constable and Co. Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition