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Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces by Mounteney-Jephson, A[rthur] J. and [Henry M. Stanley] - 1890
by Mounteney-Jephson, A[rthur] J. and [Henry M. Stanley]
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Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces
by Mounteney-Jephson, A[rthur] J. and [Henry M. Stanley]
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good Hardcovers. with Complete Maps, No Dust Jacket As Issued.
Pictorially embossed dark green cloth lettered in gilt depicting Pasha standing in a small boat leading the expedition across the Congo. Gravure frontispiece portrait of Mountney-Jephson; Etched portrait of H.M. Stanley; With folding map of Equatorial Province and a facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender to in back pocket. Wood engravings in the text: 22 plates (incl. photogravure frontis. portrait), title vignette, & 24 text illustrations. First American Edition. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; xxiv, 490 pp. index.
Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear.. The dramatic story of the rebellion of the Mahdist in 1885 and of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, under H.M. Stanley, journeying to the rescue of General Gordon's lieutenant and friend, Emin Pasha (the German doctor Eduard Schnitzer), by heading up the Congo River.
The author was part of the expedition. Written with the revision and co-operation of Henry M. Stanley.
Ref: Howgego 4, p876; Ref: Howgego, S60
Pictorially embossed dark green cloth lettered in gilt depicting Pasha standing in a small boat leading the expedition across the Congo. Gravure frontispiece portrait of Mountney-Jephson; Etched portrait of H.M. Stanley; With folding map of Equatorial Province and a facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender to in back pocket. Wood engravings in the text: 22 plates (incl. photogravure frontis. portrait), title vignette, & 24 text illustrations. First American Edition. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; xxiv, 490 pp. index.
Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear.. The dramatic story of the rebellion of the Mahdist in 1885 and of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, under H.M. Stanley, journeying to the rescue of General Gordon's lieutenant and friend, Emin Pasha (the German doctor Eduard Schnitzer), by heading up the Congo River.
The author was part of the expedition. Written with the revision and co-operation of Henry M. Stanley.
Ref: Howgego 4, p876; Ref: Howgego, S60
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- Book Condition Used - Very Good Hardcovers. with Complete Maps, No Dust Jacket As Issued
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- Edition First Edition, First Printing
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- Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1890
- Keywords Explorers; Africa, Central; Stanley, Henry M. 1841-1904; Emin Pasha, 1840-1892; Colonization; British Imperialism
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Asia: Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel: Northern and Eastern Asia (Vol. I) and Southern and Western Asia (Vol. II). A. H. Keane. London: Edward Stanford; 1896. In two volumes: 15 fold-out color maps (lithographs) and 189 illustrationsVolume I: Northern Asia (Caucasia, Russian Turkestan, Siberia) AND Eastern Asia (Chinese Empire, Japan) Volume II: Southern Asia (Afghanistan, India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula AND Western Asia (Muhammadan States of Turkey in Asia, Arabia and Persia)Condition: This two-volume set is an original with 15 fold out maps in excellent condition as well as 179 illustrations in the combined volumes. Bindings are secure and cover and spine gold stamping is bright as shown. Note that the foldouts required the insertion of guards within the signatures which appear throughout the books as published. This was done to accommodate the large number of fold outs. All pages, maps and illustrations are present and accounted for! We carefully photograph our items so that you…
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Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator; a Story of Nine Months' Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces. With the Revision and Co-operation of Henry M. Stanley
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