Search Results: in darkest africa 2 vols by henry m stanley

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Good. . Volume 1 only. Decorative green cloth cover shows minor wear, tear, and rubbing. Loose/torn hinges. Pages tanned and clean. Pocket on rear pastedown is empty.

New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1890. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Half-leather cover with marbled boards, boards are detached, minor cracks and some loss on the spine, discoloration and rubbing. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Volume 1 only.

New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1913. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Shows minor wear and soiling.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890 Book. Good. Hardcover. Two volume set. Lacks rear pocket maps. Musty smell, rub marks, scuffs and edge wear. Slightly cocked bindings..

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good: cracked, v1 hinge broken from text; v2 chewed; stains/No Dustjacket. 1891. 8vo., 547pp., 540pp. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 547,540pp. Index. Many illustrations. 3 folding maps in rear pockets fragile at folds. Tissue-covered frontispieces. Very faint mosture damage along front margins. Green cloth with embossed Africe & gold titles. AFRICA

London: Sampson, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890, First Edition, 8vo, 2 volumes. Set bound in a red decorated cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jackets, frontispieces with woodcuts and maps. The front map in volume two is missing. Some edgewear to extremities, paper over inner hinges starting, else set in good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Scribner's, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 maps in pockets, woodcuts. Octavos,8vos; 547, 540 pages, green cloth, all edges gilt, front hinge v.1 repaired; short tears to margins of map 1, small puncture at top joint of vol. 2. Note: Protective Association stamp 65362. Stanley, who found Livingstone, and traversed Lake Victoria Nyanza, and relieved Emin Pasha, was knighted by Queen Victoria. 3 maps in pockets, 150 woodcuts

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) led one of the most adventurous of British lives, from serving in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, to his "finding" of David Livingstone, and to tracing the Congo River to its source. He wrote this account of his rescue of Emin Pasha in 1886, which became a very controversial action.These are Very Good copies of the First American Edition. Two volumes, in a green decorative cloth binding, blindstamped with the map of Africa on the front covers; lettered in gilt; portrait figure of Stanley on the spine. Engravings, illustrations, and maps [map is present in Volume Two, missing in Volume One]. Clean text; 547 pages, indexed, and 539 pages, with Appendix. Occasional smudge from usage. Volume One has an interesting small label on the RFEP from the "Protective Association, Publishers and Bookseller." Generally in solid condition, but the bindings are rubbed at their margins. The gutters… Read More

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 text..Conditions: No foxing on text or illustrations..Spine head and tail ragged. Edges scuffed and corners bumped.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Defective. Octavos. Two volumes. Volume I: [1], xiv, 547 pages, [1]. Illustrations and a color folding map in the back pocket. Volume II: [1], xvi, 540 pages, [1]. Illustrated. Maps removed from the rear pocket volume 2. Defective. Front hinge volume 1 broken. Thin cracks to the text block. Volume 2 front cover is heavily scuffed. Both volumes contain the frontispiece engravings. Interior contents clean. A fair reading copy only missing the maps in volume 2.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1890. Hardcover Cloth. 8vo., 547, 540 pp., covers rubbed, edges frayed, hinges cracked and weak, Great Forest map tearing and chipping at folds .

London : Sampson Low, 1891. 5th edition. Hardcover. Poor set in the original gilt-blocked and period decorated cloth. Spines worn; spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Pasha Expedition. Sudan. Henry Morton Stanley. Equatorial Province, Central Africa.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons / J.J. Little & Co, 1890. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 128x144x48. First edition. All three fold-out maps included in rear pockets. Boards rubbed, corners slightly exposed, first gathering of volume 1 loose but included, owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. 1890 Hard Cover. Complete in two hardcover volumes. xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pp. The complete account of one of the most famous (and infamous) African voyages of the nineteenth century. "The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886 to 1889 was one of the last major European expeditions into the interior of Africa in the nineteenth century, ostensibly to the relief of Emin Pasha, General Charles Gordon's besieged governor of Equatoria, threatened by Mahdist forces. Led by Henry Morton Stanley, the expedition came to be both celebrated, for its ambition in crossing "darkest Africa", and notorious, for the bloodshed and death left in its wake.

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 (tissue guarded) and several bw plates/illustrations; 2 folding maps in back pocket. Heavy at 7 pounds and will require extra postage. Stanley's classic about Africa. "Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who had made his name after ‘finding' Dr David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary and explorer who the western world had lost contact with while on an expedition to discover the source of the Nile. After ‘finding' Livingstone, Stanley continued to explore the continent; between 1886 and 1890 he led the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha. In Darkest Africa (1890) is his account as leader of the controversial Emin Pasha Relief… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. 22 cm. Bound in publisher's green cloth with black Africa emboss on front. Hardcover. Good bindings and covers. Clean, unmarked pages. 3 fold out maps in rear pockets. Minor shelf wear. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book pp XV, 529 & XV, 472. 1st printing. W H Smith subscription library label to FPD, otherwise internally fine. All maps present as called for (some minor repair). Gilt to spine and upper board; a little dulled to spine of Vol. 1.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with black Africa emboss and facsimile of Stanley's signature on front. Portrait gilt vignette of Stanley on spines. Minor rubbing to covers. 22 cm. Good bindings and covers. xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pp., frontispiece, one hundred and fifty woodcut illustrations. Two maps present, including the large folding map in rear pockets. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

New York : Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1890-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. New York : Chas. Scribner's Sons. 1890. First American Edition. 2 v. : front., ill., plates, ports., maps. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Quarter bound in red calf skin leather with gilt lettering on spine. Corners bound. Marbled boards. Tight binding and solid boards. Minor shelf wear. Slight rubbing to boards. Bumping to corners. Clean, unmarked pages. 150 woodcut illustrations and maps throughout.

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 and 3 folding colour maps. Black-pictorial red cloth lettered in gilt; minor signs of use and age (spines sunned, a few corners bumped or lightly worn, edges darkened and a little foxed, with scattered foxing throughout); repairs to tears to the folding map in the first and last divisions; overall, an attractive set in very good condition. The first leaf in the first division (headed 'This leaf not to be bound with the Volume') contains a short printed note: 'Conditions of Publication. This edition, specially prepared for subscription only, will be completed in Twenty-two parts, at 2s. each, or in… Read More