Stanley: An adventurer explored by Richard Seymour Hall - 1974

Collins. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. (african exploration)

London: Collins. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 400 pp. .

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Collins, 1974. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0002117347

Collins, 1974. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/G+. 400pp, endpaper map, 42 b/w illustrations, dustjacket spine faded with a few scuffs & creases, a nice copy. A biography of the Victorian reporter & African explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley [ 1841 - 1904 ] which covers his adventures in America before he went off into the Dark Continent.

Collins, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographic. slight rubbing of the top corners of the dustjacket, with a half inch tear at the top left of the front panel, and a slightly smaller one at the bottom right of the same. Price clipping of the dustjacket. No other damage to describe. The top edge of the textblock was tinted a brown by the publisher. Who was Stanley? Why he claim at different times American and British birth? What was his real name? And why was he so desperately untruthful about these and other personal details? Here at last in a brilliant piece of research and a no less brilliant piece of storytelling the true lineaments of the man are uncovered from the repeated over paintings and my machines which he applied to his own self-portrait. The new material Mr Hall has found about the 2nd African journey provides fresh and independent evidence of the unbelievable hardships and tear is that had to be overcome. The book is… Read More

Collins, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Foreword by author, list of illustrations, a note on African names, Postscript and acknowledgements, bibliography, sources and notes, index of persons and index of places. Map illustrated endpapers, both different, front endpaper: shows Stanley's route across Africa, east to west, 1874-1877, rear endpaper: shows Stanley's route across Africa, West to East, 1887-89. The text is illustrated with both contemporary black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Tan coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Tan coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "Who was Stanley? Why he claim at different times American and British birth? What was his real name? And why was he so desperately untruthful about these and other personal details? Here at last in a… Read More