How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Various. A smart uncommon first edition of Henry Morton Stanley's vivid account of his discovery of David Livingstone, illustrated throughout. The uncommon first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps, twenty-seven plates, and in-text illustrations.Henry Morton Stanley's account of how he found David Livingstone.Stanley searched for Livingstone in Central Africa, setting out to Zanzibar in 1871, eventually finding the lost explorer in November 1871 in Ujiji, in present day Tanzania. This is an exciting and embellished account of an important voyage that garnered a lot of media attention at the time. Stanley is best remembered today for his finding Livingstone, and for working as an agent for King Leopold II in the Congo. Collated, bound without one map.Eight pages of adverts to the rear. Smartly rebound with panels of the original cloth to the front board. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the original boards and spine label. A few light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Faint small tide mark to the head of a few pages. Closed tear to page 87/88. Folding maps are edge worn with some small closed tears. Bound without one map. Very Good