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    Reference 3523 (1810)
    Category Other travel
    Author Stanley, Henry M
    Title In Darkest Africa or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. 2 Volume Set
    Publishing Information London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Limited, 1890.
    Description 1st Edition: 2 Volumes with 150 woodcut illustrations and maps. Vol 1, xv, 529 pages, large folding map. Vo 2, xv, 472 pages, 2 pages publishers adverts, 3 maps (2 large folding). All maps and illustrations as called for. Original covers, shelf wear, covers, hinges splitting, text blocks shaken, both volumes, volume 1 moreso. Map Vol 1 previous repairs with a heavy tape and small pieces missing at margins, other folding map more neatly repaired with archival quality tape. Private owners bookplate front end paper both volumes, previous owners signature title page in both volumes, contents clean. Some spotting, foxing to page edges and some pages. An account of the The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886 to 1889, which was one of the last major European expeditions into the interior of Africa in the nineteenth century. The expedition was led by Henry Morton Stanley and came to be both celebrated for its ambition in crossing 'darkest Africa', and notorious for the deaths of so many of its members and the disease unwittingly left in its wake.
    Price £150.00
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