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Darling Brothers and Co., Detroit, MI, 1890. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Rear pages have some edge rippling from dampness. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Damp stain on rear cover. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Forgotten Books, 2012-08-09. Paperback. Used: Good.

Forgotten Books, 2012-08-09. Paperback. Used:Good.

Chandler Bros, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Good. No book, just plates: 1 folding map; 8 full color plates; 15 black and white; 25 two-color. THese are loose plates from the book. Darkened and chipped at the edges. Color plates are good.

Philadelphia: Globe Bible Publishing Company, 1890. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 523 pages, illustrated with tissue protected frontispiece and numerous drawings and black and white plates. A huge history of Stanley's travels in Africa, including an account of his discovery of Dr. Livingstone, discoveries, founding of the Congo Free State and much more. Red cloth binding with titles in silver on front cover and spine, decorative end papers. Cover is much worn and stained, silver faded and rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped and chipped, hinges weak and showing webbing at front hinge, interior pages lightly tanned with some staining, binding otherwise tight. The plates are lovely and show a fascinating glimpse of early Africa.

Harper & Brothers, 1878. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. **Volume 1 only.** Binding poor, leather separating. In plastic jacket. Library bookplate.

George Newnes, 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Half bound black leather with black cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Front board is detached. Two volumes bound together. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Front board is detached.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Fair with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Binding poor. Hinges broken. Spine cloth with creasing, a 3/4" chip, fraying and 1/4" missing at head and tail. 1/2" chips to cloth at corners of boards. Dampstains to cloth.; One volume edition. "New and cheaper edition". xx, 658 pages + frontispiece + 11 plates + folding black-and-white map (route marked in red). Red cloth boards with gilt and black illustration on front board, gilt and black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 179 x 121mm. In-text illustrations. .

William Briggs, 1885. Good Red Cloth Hardcover, abridged from the Original two volume edition, illustrated with b & w engravings, pages fragile, spine worn, Missionary society bookplate on endpaper, 312 pages plus ads in back. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1890;. New and Cheaper One Volume Edition; Hbk; Good/ No dj; vii, 658pp with folding Map and many delightful wood-engraving Illustrations; Heavy foxing to prelims, internally clear, small crack on internal hinge but firm. Blue pictorial covers lightly scuffed with light edge wear. "Travel account of his explorations in Equatorial Africa." z .

Harper & Brothers, 1878-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . 1st U.S. edition, 2-volume set. Illustrated green cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean. Includes folded map in volume 1. Ex-library copy with usual markings, from an uncirculating museum research library. Signature of former owner on the front free endpapers.

London: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint of 1878 Edition. Hardcover - as published. 8vo, xiv, (24), 522 + ix, (30), 566 pp, b/w illustrations both text & plates, one fold-out map (vol.2), maps, graphs, tables, index. dime-sized stain on front cover of vol.2, else a fine set without djs as issued in this reprint edition. 2 Volumes. .

Toronto: John Magurn, 1878. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 2 only. All Maps present including the Large Map of Eastern Half of Equatorial Africa in pocket at rear, Survey Of The Livingston Falls, and a small fold out of The Livingston River . 2 inch tear to the top of the last 2 pages. Blue pictorial embossed cloth binding with gilt titles. Spine bumped but Very good

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. Poor with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding poor. Spine cloth torn and tattered with losses. Front hinge broken. Binding shaken and loose. Abrasions and extensive adhesive tape stains to endpapers. No signatures.; Volume One only of two volumes. xiv, [2], 522 pages + frontispiece + 15 plates + 5 of 6 maps (lacking the map from the pocket at rear). Brown illustrated cloth boards with gilt and black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 217 x 141mm. ; 8vo .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rare copy of the 1890 new and cheaper edition. Attractive pictorial boards with gilt rowing boat and black Nile scene. Gilt lettering to spine. Red cloth boards. Spine has faded and is bumped and split at the top. Front hinge is beginning to crack, otherwise good. Pages are age-tanned but clean. Front tissue guard is foxed as is title page. Numerous black and white engravings. A fascinating account on Stanley's travels in Africa. 1890

George Newnes, London, 1899. Half Leather. Very Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Foxing to end pages. Sunned covers. Vol. 1-Unread. Leather wrapped spine and corner tips. Scuffing and nicks to the leather. Binding is tight. Previous owner name inked on inside front cover, in old ink, and dated: F.B. Overal, 30.6.99. Vol. 2-Lightly read. Leather wrapped spine and corner tips. Scuffing and nicks to the leather. Binding is tight. Previous owner name inked on inside front cover, in old ink, and dated: F.B. Overal, 30.6.99. Covers two famous expeditions, that of 1877 from the mouth of the Congo River to Zanzibar (completing Livingstone's unfinished explorations), and the Emin Pasha Relief of 1886-1890. This book cannot be shipped internationally without first contacting me prior to ordering.

New York: Harper, 1878. 1st edition. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. . Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Edges have light wear. Bumps to corners. First printing. Illustrated by. illus.; diagrams; Salesman Sample. Extremely scarce. Dark green cloth pictorial binding. Prospectus and subscriber list to the rear. Two styles of binding options. Sample leather spine mounted on front and rear pastedowns.

1899. George Newnes. London. 1899. Reissue with new preface by the author. In Two Volumes. 4to. Bound in half black roan gilt, rubbed at head and tail of spine and at corners. Blue boards patterned in blind. xxxii, 400; xi, [ii], 419 pages. Large folding map to vol. I, illustrated throughout. Gift inscriptions to both vols. Endpapers and prelims foxed otherwise a very clean and sound set.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1878. 2 volumes. The American issue of the first edition, first issue with date on If title-page. Numerous illustrations and maps throughout, including 34 full page plates and two very large folding maps in rear pockets of each volume. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original forest green cloth pictorially decorated in an overall elaborate design incorporating vibrant colours and gilt, spines similarly decorated and blocked. xiv, 522; ix, 566 pp. A reading set, the volumes have some age wear to the tips and edges, inner hinges of Vol. I separated, some stains from water to a few of the preliminary leaves of Vol. I, some staining from water to the upper quadrant of the text-block in Vol. II, some internal wear, the large folding maps in quite good order with a bit of the usual splitting at the folds but generally speaking, very well preserved, clean and probably never unfolded. The cloth is still rather clean and handsome, the gilt and red decorations stand well, a… Read More

London, George Newnes,, 1899.. Two volumes bound in one. 4to. xxxii+400pp. 16 full-page woodcut plates, and other text illustrations; xi+419pp. 17 full-page woodcut plates, and other text illustrations. and 7 maps.