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IN DARKEST AFRICA: OR THE QUEST, RESCUE AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA [TWO VOLUMES] [SIGNED]
by Stanley, Henry M
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. Limited Edition, Author's Special Copy. Hardcover. Quarto, 2 volumes; VG-; bound in publisher's three quarter brown morocco and gilt-stamped vellum, paneled spine with gilt lettering; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; both volumes with some shelfwear and rubbing, cracking to hinges, rubbing and bumping to corners; volume two with vellum curling and peeling up along spine edge, small closed tear to front board vellum, two spots of damage holes to center of front board, large scratch to morocco on front board; volume one with two clusters of pinprick holes to the front board;
Signed by Stanley on leaf at front noting this the "Author's Special Copy," where the limitation page usually is placed.
with photogravure frontispieces on mounted India paper, three folding maps, two backed with linen and of a larger size, 6 original etched plates, each signed in pencil by artist G. Montbard, and a multitude of wood engravings on tissue paper;
EH Consignment; shelved case 9. 'Author's Special Copy' which matches the limited edition of 250 copies of the Quarto Edition de Luxe. One of a small number of copies for presentation;. 1363928. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Signed by Stanley on leaf at front noting this the "Author's Special Copy," where the limitation page usually is placed.
with photogravure frontispieces on mounted India paper, three folding maps, two backed with linen and of a larger size, 6 original etched plates, each signed in pencil by artist G. Montbard, and a multitude of wood engravings on tissue paper;
EH Consignment; shelved case 9. 'Author's Special Copy' which matches the limited edition of 250 copies of the Quarto Edition de Luxe. One of a small number of copies for presentation;. 1363928. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley, readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria are his account of what happened.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1363928
- Title
- IN DARKEST AFRICA: OR THE QUEST, RESCUE AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA [TWO VOLUMES] [SIGNED]
- Author
- Stanley, Henry M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition, Author's Special Copy
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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