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In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
Henry M. Stanley
1890
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington : London
9.5" by 6.5"
xv, 4-529; 472, 2pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of Henry Stanley's account of his exploration of Africa and the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, bound in pictorial cloth and illustrated throughout.
First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 3 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The two volume first trade edition of Welsh-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley's account of his nineteenth century explorations of Africa and the Congo. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.
The expedition started in 1886 and ended in 1889, and was the last major European expedition in the deepest parts of Africa in the nineteenth century. It became infamous due to the number of deaths of the crew and the violence used, which made it the last expedition of its kind: the following expeditions would be government-led and in pursuit of political, military, or scientific goals.
Illustrated with three folding maps, one folding plate, a frontispiece to each volume, fifteen further plates to volume I, and twenty-three to volume II. Collated, complete.
Inscriptions to front pastedown of each volume. Two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II.
An impressively detailed first hand study of this important expedition.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails. Fading to volume I back strip and front board, with volume II externally excellent. Front hinge of each volume starting, with boards holding firm. Inscriptions to front pastedown of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. large closed tear to one folding map. Areas of significant spotting throughout each volume.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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