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Darling Brothers and Co., Detroit, MI, 1890. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Rear pages have some edge rippling from dampness. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Damp stain on rear cover. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Chandler Bros, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Good. No book, just plates: 1 folding map; 8 full color plates; 15 black and white; 25 two-color. THese are loose plates from the book. Darkened and chipped at the edges. Color plates are good.

Philadelphia: Globe Bible Publishing Company, 1890. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 523 pages, illustrated with tissue protected frontispiece and numerous drawings and black and white plates. A huge history of Stanley's travels in Africa, including an account of his discovery of Dr. Livingstone, discoveries, founding of the Congo Free State and much more. Red cloth binding with titles in silver on front cover and spine, decorative end papers. Cover is much worn and stained, silver faded and rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped and chipped, hinges weak and showing webbing at front hinge, interior pages lightly tanned with some staining, binding otherwise tight. The plates are lovely and show a fascinating glimpse of early Africa.

New York: Dover Publications, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitle: or the sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. The isbn is for Vol. 1 Vol 2 is 0486256685. Both volumes are bumped at the edges and the head of the spine, worse in Volume 2. Volume One suffers from a crease at the tail's outer edge, Volume Two at its head. Internally the book is clean, unmarked and solid. Vol.1 xxv, 400 pages, illustrated and including a fold out map; Vol. 2 viii, 419 pages, indexed and illustrated and including a catalogue of Dover Books. "Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 - 10 May 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley is also… Read More

Philadelphia: John E. Potter & Company, 1890. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Lacks map. A few light spots on edges, hinges repaired (fairly neatly but not professionally), ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1890 Hard Cover. xx, 533 pp. 8vo. Original red cloth, gilt titles, gilt, silver, red, and black decorations on front board and spine. Numerous illustrations, including several brilliant color plates. A popular account of the adventures of Henry Morton Stanley, the journalist and explorer known for his discoveries and developments in the Congo region. He also located the missionary Dr. David Livingstone, long believed lost - their first meeting was the origin of the famous phrase, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume

1899. George Newnes. London. 1899. Reissue with new preface by the author. In Two Volumes. 4to. Bound in half black roan gilt, rubbed at head and tail of spine and at corners. Blue boards patterned in blind. xxxii, 400; xi, [ii], 419 pages. Large folding map to vol. I, illustrated throughout. Gift inscriptions to both vols. Endpapers and prelims foxed otherwise a very clean and sound set.

London : Newnes, 1899. Illustrated edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked leather over cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 v. Subject; Africa, Central — Description and travel.

Harper & Brothers, 1878. Book. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. Two volumes in three-quarter brown leather with raised bands on spine. Marbled boards, endpapers and page edges. Leather worn through at corners. Wear to top and bottom of boards. Front hinge of volume I is cracked. No maps in pockets. Just light rubbing to leather on spine..

HARDBACKS BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS DECORATED CLOTH BINDINGS, FRONTIS TO BOTH BOOKS WITH NUMEROUS MAPS & ILLUSTRATIONS THAT ARE FULL PAGE & AMONG TEXT, COMPLETE WITH LARGE FOLDING MAP TO VOLUME 1. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES. MINOR RUBBING & MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH COVERS, ALL CORNERS BUMPED, MINOR CRACK TO INNER FRONT HINGE OF VOLUME 1 WITH BOARD WELL ATTACHED, SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MARK TO PAGES, OCCASIONAL CREASE OR WRINKLE TO PAGES, COUPLE OF SMALL REPAIRS TO FOLDING MAP. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX. (0065000)

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1878. first American edition; 2 vols., xiv, 522 + ix, 566, [2] (ads) pp. + plates & two large folding maps in sleeves at the back of each volume; original illustrated green cloth, bottom & top edges lightly rubbed, else near fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1878. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Two volumes. Stout 8vo. Vol. I: Illustrated with 150 woodcuts. Ten maps. Vol. xiv; 522. Vol. II: ix; 568, followed by two pages of publisher ads. The large color map in the rear pocket of Vol. I has closed interior tears along fold intersections, none longer than an inch, and a trifle age-toning; the map in the rear pocket of Vol. II, less so. Both volumes with an index. Marbled endpapers and edges. Hinges of the first volume subtly reinforced with tissue by conservator. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco with gilt rules over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with lettering and flourishes in gilt. Slight wear to edges; marbled covers a bit rubbed. A cornerstone in the Age of Exploration, Livingstone's accomplishments include exploring the great lakes of Central Africa and mapping, for the first time with some precision, their size and position, and searching for the sources of the Nile. He… Read More

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1878. 2 volumes: 522 pp, 566 pp followed by publisher's catalogue, tinted end-papers, b&w plates and illustrations, folding maps bound in and in rear pockets, lacks front end-papers, else fine set in black and gold blocked, illustrated, brown, cloth boards.