
Morrison, W. M. Buluba-Lulua Exercise Book (1912) copy 2
Morrison, W. M. Buluba-Lulua Exercise Book. Luebo, Congo Belge, Afrique: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1912. First Edition. [7639] Cloth spine with blue & pink marbled paper over cardboard, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, pink end papers, top of spine bumped, 1/2 inch tear in spine cloth, paper library label base of spine. Title page stamped, "The Egbert W. Smith Library," no other library matter. 83 clean pp., very tip of top page corners bumped. 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 stude