The road to Lambaréné: a biography of Albert Schweitzer / by Waldemar Augustiny; translated by William J. Blake
1956, 1st Edition. London: Frederick Muller. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From George Seaver’s own library through the Zozimus (Wyse Jackson) sale 2021. Geroge Seaver was an English biographer and polar enthusiast. In 1946, Seaver was appointed bishop's vicar of Kilkenny Cathedral in Ireland, but even after his retirement his interest in polar affairs and writing biographies remained until his death in 1976. Item #357394
Physical description: 228 pages: portrait (frontispiece); 20 cm. Subjects: Schweitzer, Albert 1875-1965. Missionaries, Medical; Biography. Physicians Biography. Philanthropists Biography.
Price: €28.00