In Darkest Africa
by Stanley, Henry M
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.
First Edition Identification
In Darkest Africa was first
published in an illustrated two-volume set by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1890.
First editions have no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. This
immensely popular text was published simultaneously in English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish, and Dutch as well.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
Charles Scribner’s Sons also
released just 250 copies of a signed deluxe limited first edition of In Darkest
Africa in 1890. This edition includes six additional full-page etchings (each
signed by the artist), three folding maps, and more.
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IN DARKEST AFRICA
by HENRY M. STANLEY
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- 1890
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First American Edition in 2 Volumes. Volume i contains 547 pp. and 1 folded map in rear pocket..and portrait dated dated 1886.Contents and List of Illustrations. Volume !! contains 540 pp. and 2 folded maps as called for.and portrait dated 1890, Contents and List of Illustrations.Vol 1 includes Signature and 1890 on flyleaf No other notations or markings on… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa; or, the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. In Two Volumes [bound as six 'Divisions']
by STANLEY, Henry M.
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- 1890
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Quarto, two volumes (bound as six), comprising xxxii, 512 pages (Divisions 1-3), and 513-530, xvi (last blank), 472, xvi (last blank), [2] (publisher's advertisements) pages (Divisions 4-6), with numerous illustrations plus a total of 62 full-page plates… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN DARKEST AFRICA
by HENRY M. STANLEY
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- Charles Scribner's' Sons New, Yorks 1890
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- 190
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- Green cloth over boards, map of Africa on front covers, gold lettering and designs at spine
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Charles Scribner's' Son New Yorks, 190. Charles Scribner's' Sons New, Yorks 1890. Green cloth over boards, map of Africa on front covers, gold lettering and designs at spine. Very Good/No DJ. Charles Scribner's' Son's , New York. Volume I: [547] pp. Volume II: [540] pp. w/ two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps w/… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN DARKEST AFRICA; or, The Quest, Rescue, And Retreat Of Emin, Governor Of Equatoria (2 volume set, complete; Deluxe Limited Edition, SIGNED)
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- 1890
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. Deluxe edition. Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Deluxe Limited Edition (Demy Quarto Edition de Luxe), this being #92 of 250 numbered copies. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good set. 4to., [Vol.1] 529; [Vol.2] 472 pp., illustrated with frontispieces, 44 plates (6 of them etchings… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- 1890
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington Limited, 1890. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Demy quarto edition de luxe. Copy #53 of 250 signed by Henry Stanley. A near fine set with lightly rubbed morocco and vellum, slight lifting to Vol. I's front vellum; internally clean and bright. The finest edition of a classic of… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa (2 volumes, complete)
by HENRY M. STANLEY
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- Used - First American Edition. Two Volume Set. The most famous explorer of his day, Stanley's fame was made by James Gordon Bennett's c
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- 1890
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Potomac, Maryland, USA
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First American Edition. Two Volume Set. The most famous explorer of his day, Stanley's fame was made by James Gordon Bennett's commission sending him to search for Livingstone. In 1886 Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the governor of Equatoria in southern Sudan. After immense hardship and great loss of life, Stanley met Emin in… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- 1890
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NY: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1890. First American edition. Two volumes, hard covers in original cloth. Published NY: Charles Scribner's, 1890, first printing. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9", xiv+547; xvi+540, 45 full-page engravings (including frontispieces), plus approximately 100 illustrations within the text, plus three folded color maps in pockets (two large, one small). Dark green pictorial cloth with gilt titles… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa: 2 vols
by Stanley, Henry M
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- First Edition
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- 1890-01-01
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Boonsboro, Maryland, USA
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Charles Scribners, 1890-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, with black Africa on front. Hardcover. Front hinge cracked on volume 1. Clean, unmarked pages. 3 folding maps in rear pocket. 23 cm. With one hundred and fifty woodcut illustrations and maps. Item Price
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In Darkest Africa
by Stanley, Henry M
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- First American Edition.
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- 1890
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Palm Desert, California, USA
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NZ$1,706.33
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine. Two Volumes. Original publisher's half morocco, marbled covers and end papers, all edges gilt, and a very nicely decorated gilt spine. With two steel engraved frontispiece portraits of Stanley, 150 illustrations, three folding maps tucked into pockets in the rear of both volumes. Bookplate remnants… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN DARKEST AFRICA: OR THE QUEST, RESCUE AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA [TWO VOLUMES] [SIGNED]
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- Limited Edition, Author's Special Copy
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- 1890
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. Limited Edition, Author's Special Copy. Hardcover. Quarto, 2 volumes; VG-; bound in publisher's three quarter brown morocco and gilt-stamped vellum, paneled spine with gilt lettering; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; both volumes with some shelfwear and rubbing, cracking to hinges, rubbing and bumping to corners; volume two with vellum curling and… Read more about this item Item Price
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In darkest Africa: or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria
by STANLEY, Henry M
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- First
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- 1890
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- Cloth; tight and secure
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1890 1st ed In Darkest Africa Henry Stanley Emin Pasha Expedition Livingstone
"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."
― David Livingstone
A rare, first printing of Henry Stanley's 'In Darkest Africa.' Known for his explorations… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria [Complete in Two Volumes]
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- First American Edition
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Maine, USA
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes approx. 44 full-page engravings (including frontispieces), approx 100 illustrations, and three color folded maps in pockets (two large, one small).
"Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who had made his name after âfinding' Dr David Livingstone, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria (2 vols)
by STANLEY, Henry M[orton], aka John Rowlands
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- First American Edition
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- 1890
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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NZ$771.70
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. Two large octavo volumes (23cm). Publisher's pictorial green cloth-covered boards; xvi,[1]-547; xvi,[1]-540; engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume and 43 inserted leaves of plates; text illustrations; large folding map ("Map of the Great Forest Region, showing the routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition") in rear pocket of v.1; two… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa; or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
by STANLEY, Henry M.
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- Used - Old ink signature in each volume (two signatures in Vol. I); dampstaining to a few dozen leaves including the frontispiece portr
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- First edition; No. 226 of 250 copies, signed by Henry M. Stanley
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- 1890.
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- Publisher's 3/4 morocco over gilt-decorated vellum, t.e.g.
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Rochester, New York, USA
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New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1890.. First edition; No. 226 of 250 copies, signed by Henry M. Stanley.. publisher's 3/4 morocco over gilt-decorated vellum, t.e.g.. Old ink signature in each volume (two signatures in Vol. I); dampstaining to a few dozen leaves including the frontispiece portrait; etchings foxed; vellum soiled and pulling away at the areas where it meets… Read more about this item Item Price
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In darkest Africa: or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria
by STANLEY, Henry M
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- First
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- 1890
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- Leather; tight and secure
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1890 Livingstone 1ed In Darkest Africa Henry Stanley Emin Pasha Expedition MAPS
"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."
― David Livingstone
A rare, first printing of Henry Stanley's 'In Darkest Africa.' Known for his explorations in… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa --in 2 Vol. (1st American Edition)
by Henry M. Stanley
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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LA QUINTA, California, USA
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NZ$300.11
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New York: Charles Scribners & Sons, 1890. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition with Two Steel Engravings and One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and 3 fold out maps. In Two Volumes--Hardcover in Green Cloth--Pictorial Boards with Imprint of Africa in Black on front board--gilt lettering and decorations to the front boards and spines--a bit… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa : or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria (2 Volumes)
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- Used - VG all around with only a hint of shelf wear.
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$257.24
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. VG all around with only a hint of shelf wear.. Both volumes: textured green cloth; map of Africa; gilt lettering. No dust jackets. Vol. I: xiv; 547 pp. with bw frontis (tissue guarded) and several bw plates/illustrations; 1 folding map in back pocket; Vol. II: xvi, 540 pp. with bw frontis… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN DARKEST AFRICA [TWO VOLUME SET] Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- 1891
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- Hardcover
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$488.75
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1891. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on first blank pages. Volume 1: Front hinge has a bit of play. Small closed tear to front free endpaper. Small dark stain on first few pages, not affecting text or pictures. Volume 2: Front hinge started. Else a… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa
by Stanley, Henry M
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- 1890-01-01
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Boonsboro, Maryland, USA
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NZ$201.67
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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits; 23 cm. Bound in publisher's green cloth. 2 Maps in rear pocket of Vol. II, lacking Vol. I map. Hardcover. Gutters cracked to title page and index of volumes, hinges repaired with binding tape. Moderate shelfwear. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. With two steel engravings and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps
by STANLEY, Henry M.
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- 1891
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Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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NZ$471.60
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Reprint (first published the previous year). 8vo. 2 volumes: xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pp. Illustrated, plates, maps, two large folding color maps in rear pockets. "Relief of Emin Pasha who had been cut off after the fall of Khartoum (1885) by the fanatical force of the Mahdi ... this adventure, with descriptions of… Read more about this item Item Price
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