IN DARKEST AFRICA: Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria/Two (2) Volume Set
by Stanley, Henry M
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Blindstamp of Africa on front cover of both volumes. Bindings moderately soiled and rubbed. Wear to corners and spine ends of Vol. 1. Bottom edge of front blank endpaper of Vol. 1 torn off. Title pages age toned. Light scattered foxing. Previous bookseller's small label on rear endpaper of Vol. 1. Illust. w/ two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps. Includes fold-out maps in rear pocket of both volumes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112afr
- Title
- IN DARKEST AFRICA: Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria/Two (2) Volume Set
- Author
- Stanley, Henry M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL AFRICA STANLEY HENRY M. MORTON ROWLANDS JOHN 1841 1904 EXPLORER EXPLORATION ENGLISH COLONIZATION LIVINGSTONE DAVID 1813 1873 PASHA MEHMET EMIN SCHNITZER ISAAK EDUARD 1840 1892 SCHNITZER EDUARD CARL OSCAR THEODOR BAPTIZED 1847 GOVERNOR
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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