Lipscomb, J F: We Built a Country , London: Faber & Faber, 1956Hardback, first edition, very good tight condition, in a good++ price-clipped edgeworn dust-jacket, publisher's original pale red clothboards with gilt blocking to spine, 214 pages, light foxing to eps otherwise clean and bright------------An autobiographical account of the author's 35 years of living in Kenya, ; years of back-breaking work, of struggle and disappointment, but years, too, of superb and heartening achievement. If Kenya is to develop as a multi-racial state, the voice of the white African, that tribe of which the author is so eminent and respected an elder, deserves a hearing no less than the point of view of the black." (Book ref. 2346) £32.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, The Old Print House , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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