Morrison, W. M. Dictionary of the Tshiluba Language (Sometimes known as the Buluba-Lulua, or Luba-Lulua)

Morrison, W. M. Dictionary of the Tshiluba Language (Sometimes known as the Buluba-Lulua, or Luba-Lulua); Prepared for the American Presbyterian Congo Mission by W. M. Morrison, published in 1906. Revised and enlarged by a Committee of the Mission. Republished in 1939. Luebo, Belgian Congo: Printed and bound by the J. Leighton Wilson Press, 1941. [7641] Red cloth, title in black on spine & front, 6 x 9 inches, black ink stamp on ffep "Emily Boehler, B. P. 117 Luluabourg, Republic of Congo (Leopoldville)". 134 + 176 pp., last few pp. roughly opened, some sections of paper wavy. Good. Hardcover. Emily Boehler, American Presbyterian missionary in the Congo, 1947-1970."The Presbyterian Mission and its Press have made a profound impact on the language of Central Africa. The mission not only issued the first written works in the Tshiluba language [Buluba-Lulua], it issued these publications in a transliteration which is a technical masterpiece, faithfully executed by William M. Morrison.