Morrison, W. M. Buluba-Lulua Exercise Book (1912) copy 1

Morrison, W. M. Buluba-Lulua Exercise Book. Luebo, Congo Belge, Afrique: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1912. First Edition. [7638] Cloth spine with blue & pink marbled paper over cardboard, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, pink end papers, round "Educational Department, Oct. 24, 1931" ink stamp on front paste-down. 83 clean pp., several pp. with print showing through to opposite side. Good. Hardcover. No copies recorded of this first edition at WorldCat.Robert Benedetto's article The Presbyterian Mission Press in Central Africa, 1890-1922 in American Presbyterians Vol 68, No. 1. (Spring, 1990) lists 29 publications of the Mission Press during those years, with this item being no. 19. "Contains 'a series of lessons based on the author's Buluba-Lulua Grammar and Dictionary.'"Instruction in English with Buluba-Lulua texts for translation, vocabulary, &c. With Morrison's Preface containing practical advice for new missionary students, including, "Employ at once an intelligent personal boy, pref