In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. by Henry M Stanley - 1890

Acceptable. New York, 1891; volume 2 only; green cloth covered boards with gold cover titles and spine titles; heavy wear and discoloration to boards; corners bumped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; hinges cracked; boards loose; pages stiff; light staining to front endpapers. 540 pages.

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington 1890 (Colonial Edition). Octavo illus. red cloth boards, black & gilt lettering to spine, illus., xii+365pp, folding map front (light soiling and tanning, closed tears), VG- (fairly scruffy copy: boards cocked, 2 cm surface loss to spine, light scuffing and moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light foxing throughout)

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1897. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Some fading to edges of boards and age-toning to spine. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with 150 woodcut illustrations and a large fold-out map to the rear. A Preface by the author to this edition which was revised and corrected throughout. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 672 pages. A one volume edition of Stanley's mammoth work. . New and Revised Edition. Hardback.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Three-Quarter Leather -- Poor -- 2 Voulme Set -- SHIPPING ONLY IN U.S. AND BY MEDIA RATE ONLY -- Other than repairs to spines and hinges, books are tight -- READING COPIES ONLY -- 1090 pages -- Includes Two Steel Engravings and One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps. Three-Quarter Leather. Poor.

New York: Scribner's, 1891. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. illustrations, index, 3 folding maps (in cover pockets), xiv, 547, xvi, 540p. Gilt-lettered green cloth. 23cm. Good-sized tear at head of backstrip on Vol. I. Gilt lettering on front cover title partially gone on Vol. I. Hinge-paper cracked and reglued in both volumes. Premium label for "The Great Round World" in Vol. I. Modern bookplate in both vols. Scattered foxing and other wear. First published in 1890.

Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New edition, bound in full leather with raised bands to the spine. Complete with all maps, with some maps having been repaired. The boards are a touch rubbed, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there is some age-related marking throughout, but there are no inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, legible and complete. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations, facsimile, maps (some color) plates, portraits ; 23 cm. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover. Good cover. Wear to cover. Gutters weak. Metropolitan Club library stamps and markings. 2 folding maps in rear pockets. xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pp. With one hundred and fifty woodcut illustrations. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Poor with no dust jacket. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Piece missing from contents leaf with some loss of text. Large tears and foxing to folding maps. Fading and buckling to spine. 3 x 3/8" tears to cloth at head of spine. A rough reading copy. ; Colonial Edition. Complete in one volume. xii, 635, [1] pages + (38 plates including frontispiece) + numerous in-text illustrations + 4 colour maps (3 folding). Original red cloth with lettering and illustration in gilt and black on spine and front board. Dimensions: 8 3/4" by 5 3/4".; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Fair with no dust jacket. 1890. First Thus. Hardcover. 1" chips to cloth and splits to joints at head of spine. 1/2" missing to cloth along tail of spine. Hinges broken. Tears to the folding maps. Previous owner's signature. Some foxing. ; Colonial Edition, published in the same year as the two volume first edition. This Colonial Edition is complete in one volume. xii, 635, [1] pages + frontispiece + very large colour folding map + 2 other colour folding maps + 1 colour "Profile Sketch of Ruwenzori and the Valley of the Semliki" + 37 b&w plates + 1 folding table + numerous in-text b&w engraved illustrations. Red cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and illustration. Green coloured maps on endpapers. Page dimensions: 215 x 137mm. ; 8vo .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) led one of the most adventurous of British lives, from serving in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, to his "finding" of David Livingstone, and to tracing the Congo River to its source. He wrote this account of his rescue of Emin Pasha in 1886, which became a very controversial action.These are Very Good copies of the First American Edition. Two volumes, in a green decorative cloth binding, blindstamped with the map of Africa on the front covers; lettered in gilt; portrait figure of Stanley on the spine. Engravings, illustrations, and maps [map is present in Volume Two, missing in Volume One]. Clean text; 547 pages, indexed, and 539 pages, with Appendix. Occasional smudge from usage. Volume One has an interesting small label on the RFEP from the "Protective Association, Publishers and Bookseller." Generally in solid condition, but the bindings are rubbed at their margins. The gutters… Read More