Female Explorer Mary French-Shelton, Signed book Sultan to Sultan, 1892
by French-Shelton, Mary
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May French-Sheldon. Sultan to Sultan. Boston: Arena Publishing Co., 1892. Numbered edition. Certificate No 488. 435 pages. 9 x 7 in. Original red cloth boards with gilt title. Signed and inscribed by author. 26 full-page black and white illustrations, along with over a hundred smaller illustrations throughout. Comes with note inscribed by Mary French-Sheldon dated 1894.
May French-Sheldon traveled to Africa to study the culture's evolutions in language and health; on her return to England she embarked on a lecture tour that promoted the valuable work of women in the sciences and used relics and remains to connect African and European cultures. Her book's inscription hints to the female recipient that reading about scientific adventures may draw other women to their own explorations: "let this be as a hook of steel." Her note, like the title of her book, contains both her English signature and the name given to her by villagers, "Bebe Bwana". Ex-library copy. Light sunning to spine. Four small watermarks on front cover. Very good.
May French-Sheldon traveled to Africa to study the culture's evolutions in language and health; on her return to England she embarked on a lecture tour that promoted the valuable work of women in the sciences and used relics and remains to connect African and European cultures. Her book's inscription hints to the female recipient that reading about scientific adventures may draw other women to their own explorations: "let this be as a hook of steel." Her note, like the title of her book, contains both her English signature and the name given to her by villagers, "Bebe Bwana". Ex-library copy. Light sunning to spine. Four small watermarks on front cover. Very good.
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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