An Uphill Road in India (1927) First Edition – M. L. Christlieb
 
An Uphill Road in India (1927) – First Edition
 
Features
 
First published edition, 1927
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London
Based on over twenty years of personal correspondence
Insightful missionary and social narrative of life in India
Includes publisher’s catalogue at the rear
Complete, original cloth binding
 
Bibliographic Details
 
Author: M. L. Christlieb
Title: An Uphill Road in India
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Ruskin House, 40 Museum Street, London
Date: 1927
Edition: First published edition
Printer: Unwin Brothers, Ltd., Woking
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 253 pages + publisher’s catalogue
Dimensions: approx. 19.3 × 13.4 × 3 cm
Weight: approx. 387 g
 
Exterior Condition
 
Bound in the publisher’s original green cloth, with gilt title, author, and publisher to the spine
Boards and spine intact and structurally sound
Light age-related wear including:
Fading to the spine and board edges
Soft bumping to the corners
Very small nicks at the head of the spine
A few light surface marks
A slight lean to the spine
No dust jacket present
 
Interior Condition
 
Pages lightly tanned, consistent with age
Light foxing to the endpapers
Text block tight, clean, and secure
Predominantly uncreased pages
Occasional very small marks or light corner creases
Slightly uneven / roughly cut page edges, typical of period manufacture
No pen or pencil annotations
All pages present and firmly bound, including the publisher’s catalogue
 
About the Book
 
An Uphill Road in India is a reflective and quietly powerful account drawn from decades of correspondence written during missionary service in India. Rather than presenting formal history, the book offers a human-centred narrative of daily experiences, cultural encounters, and spiritual life among Indian communities during the late colonial period. It stands as both a personal memoir and a valuable social document.
 
About the Author
 
M. L. Christlieb was a missionary and educator whose writings draw directly from lived experience in India, offering thoughtful cultural insight.
 
Collector Points
 
True first edition (1927) from George Allen & Unwin
Missionary correspondence spanning over twenty years, not a later retrospective
Early twentieth-century perspective on India, appealing to collectors of:
Colonial and missionary history
Women’s writing and religious memoirs
British Empire social history
Complete copy with publisher’s catalogue retained
Increasingly scarce in the UK market, particularly in original cloth and clean condition