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London : Sampson Low, Marston, 1909-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709. Very old copy, cloth cover is lightly stained occasionally, and the pages have been yellowed with time.

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London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Near Good. Fascinating Autobiography of the great African Explorer. Edited by his wife, Dorothy. Illustrations include a photo of Dr Livingstone. Included is the front of what looks like the original jacket which has a sepia portrait of Stanley. Red cloth cover with Gilt Letter and medallion Map of Africa on spine. 551 Pages, 1.1 Kilos, 9" Tall. Cloth has much patchy fading and a little of the red has leached into the endpapers. Hinges sound and text block firm. No inscriptions. Pages & Plates in very good, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. Used - Good. 1909. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Octavo. 551 pp. Ex-library copy. First U.K. edition, reprinted from American plates by William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. Blue cloth with gilt of outline of Africa on cover and spine. Text-block gilded on top edge. Significant scuffing to cover, notably down spine. Cloth fraying at tail of spine, head of back board. Corners of cover bent inwards. The letter B inscribed in china marker on spine near tail. Significant foxing to endpaper, with library bookplate on pastedown at front. Rust from paperclip at top of front endpaper. Hinges tender but holding, with visible ribbon and mull. Pages xvii-xviii, 1-30 slightly bent at top corner. Text itself in excellent condition, with occasional, minor foxing, and one marginal note in pencil on page 78. A bifold errata leaf is inserted at pp. 510-511 with changed text for those two pages. Good. (Subject: Africa).

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. Hardcover. First American Edition. xvii, 551 pp. Octavo. No dust-jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering and design on facade and spine. Trimmed edges. Gilt top edge. Top right corner of front paste-down contains Lady (Dorothy) Stanley's presentation card, not dated. Half-title included. B/W frontispiece showcases portrait of Henry M. Stanley as of 1890, protected by original frontis tissue. 16 further B/W illustrations throughout, all protected by original tissue. A colour folding map of Africa, showing Henry Stanley's journeys, at rear. Dorothy Stanley's editor's preface included. Novel concludes with a list of books written by Henry M. Stanley, as well as an index. Fore-edge slightly foxed. Front hinge is becoming loose. Top edge of spine shows minor wear. Front paste-down shows minor foxing. All illustrations and map undamaged. Rare presentation card is undamaged. Internally unmarked. A very nice copy of the first American… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1911. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 551 pages, frontis, illustrations, fold-out map, chipping to jacket edges, ex-library with minimal markings, rare in jacket. The first edition was published in 1909 and finding one in a jacket is rare as Ive only seen one copy. The 1911 jacket is also very rare and this is the only copy Ive seen. Dowd was mistaken in his comments about this book as there are only two pages on Indians and the Hancock expedition and Custer isn't mentioned specifically although he was there. His comments reflect Stanley's "My Early Travels." Dowd 2977. OKeefe 2280..