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Price: US$65.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: first American edition; xxix, 490 pp., frontis., plates, illustrations in text, folding facsimile and folding map in pocket at the back; original illustrated green cloth (hardcover), edges lightly rubbed, spine frayed, previous owner's name to the front paste down, else near very good. - 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.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Cover is separating from the book along the inside front cover. Fraying and tearing to the edges of the coverboards. Gilt title, etc still visible. Pages are clean and free from markings, but book should be handled delicately, as it is not tight binding. BP/Locked/Non Fiction
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$91.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo [22.5 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 490 pp, frontis (port of author), portrait of Stanley, numerous full page plates from engravings, other illus, folding colored map of the equatorial province and folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in rear pocket, index. original pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, gilt vignette on spine, little rubbed at edges, light stain on spine, else a near fine clean & attractive copy. Work p. 23. Henry M. Stanley wrote a good introductory preface. The author spent 9 months in 1888 and 1889 to help save the Emin Pasha and describes his travels in the Lake Albert area in great detail including his imprisonment. The journey lead to several clarifications of geography including the sources of the Nile. A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo. xxi, 490pp. Decorated olive cloth with gold lettering on cover and gold decoration on spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Head and tail of spine and corners chipped and frayed. Hinges starting. Inscribed at rear endpapers by previous owner. Frontispiece of authors. A fascinating story of nine months experiences in the last of the Soudan provinces. Delightfully illustrated with drawings in b/w and map resting in pocket at rear. Binding in fair, interior in good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Description: large 8vo, 24+490pp, photogravures, engravings, map & facsimile letter in rear pocket : his account of the 9 months he spent under the leadership of H M Stanley on the Soudan expedition; professionally rebound in two-tone modern buckram, gilt lettering, marbled boards, new eps, vg condition FIRST EDITION - a heavy book that may attract extra postage east africa soudan casati mahdi sudan sudanese african exploration african travel africa south expediiton h m stanley
Seller: Yesterday's Books, BOURNEMOUTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Description: large 8vo, 24+490 pages, photogravures, engravings, map & facsimile letter in rear pocket : his account of the 9 months he spent under the leadership of H M Stanley on the Soudan expedition; hardback, original illustrated green boards, gilt lettering, sl pulled to top of backstrip ow almost vg FIRST EDITION - a heavy book that may attract extra postage east africa soudan casati mahdi sudan sudanese african exploration african travel africa south expediiton h m stanley
Seller: Yesterday's Books, BOURNEMOUTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Bound in decorative illustrated cloth. Tight binding and solid boards. Moderate shelf wear. Scuffing to edges. Ex-libris with usual stamps and markings. Clean, unmarked pages with minor toning. Illustrated. Contains 2 folding maps at rear. Hinges cracked. Ships daily.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$106.00 + shipping
Description: Full brown morocco. Marbled endpapers. Backstrip sun-faded, with edges and raised bands rubbed; cover corners rubbed; small dark mark on front cover; 1.5-inch shallow dent at top corner of rear cover; browned section at edge of folding map, and point where folds meet in a corner beginning to separate; 1-inch tear at top edge of rear pocket; pages faintly toned; otherwise very good condition. . 490p. Illus. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Folding map and facsimile letter inside rear pocket.
Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$132.59 + shipping
Description: Gr.-8° (23.2 x 16 x 3.4 cm). 1 Bl. (Vortitel, verso Verlagsanzeigen z. Thema), XXIII, 462 SS., 1 Bl. (Verlagsanzeigen: Reisewerke über Afrika). Schriftsatz in 7-Punkt Fraktur, Druck a. qualitativ gutem Mattpapier. Front., Tafeln u. Textillustrationen wohl in Holzstich (Xylographie) od. Strichätzung, gr. Falt-Faks.-Brief des Mahdi an Emin Pascha (arab.; Satzspiegel 46 x 35.5 cm) u. 1 kleinere farb. lithogr. Faltkarte im Anhang. OLn. (dunkel-blaugrün, lamin.) mit vergold. (R-) Titel u. schwarzer Deckelillustration, alls. Schnitt in farb. Netzmarmor, floral gemusterte Vorsätze. Erste dt. Ausgabe. Wenig Gebrauchsspuren. Gesamthaft überdurchschnittlich gutes Exemplar. - - Digitalis. u.a. in BVB/BSB (mit Einband in Dunkelblau) - Zahlreiche zeitgenöss. Übersetzungen - Engl. Originalausgabe 1890 u.d.T.: Emin Pasha and the rebellion at the Equator. A story of nine months' experiences in the last of the Soudan provinces. With the revision and co-operation of Henry M. Stanley (London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; cf. Jisc; USA/Canada: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, resp.Toronto, Presbyterian News Co. 1890; Brit.Lib.) - Französ. Übersetzung 1891 u.d.T.: Emin Pacha et la rébellion à l'Équateur. Neuf mois d'aventures dans la plus reculée des provinces soudanaises. Avec la revision et la collaboration de H.M. Stanley (Paris, Hachette; BNF no FRBNF30652393) -- KARTE: Emin Pascha's Provinz (Rahmen 22.5 x 22.5 cm) : Region nördlich von Albert-Njansa u. Kioga See, beidseits von Bahr-el-Djebel (Weisser Nil) Richtung Dufilé, Ladó und Kofon - INHALT (gerafft) : Stanley-Expedition von Njansa zu Emin, Von Wadelai nach Dufilé, div. Schwierigkeiten mit Tieren und Emin-Soldaten, Die Bari (ethnograph. Bericht, pp. 116-134), Rebellion und Gefangennahme in Dufilé, Umtriebe mit den Rebellen u. deren Organisation, Truppen des Mahdi, Gefangenschaft, Flucht aus Wadelai, Wiedervereinigung mit Stanley, Emins Rettung - Mit Schlussbemerkungen (pp. 429-446; u.a. Behandlung der Frauen auf dem Marsch, Emins Vergesslichkeit, bzw. Angriff auf Stanley, bzw. Unfall, Behandlung der Flüchtlinge in Sansibar), sowie Register (pp. 447-462) - Quasi exklusiver und zumindest teilweise kritisch gefärbter Bericht Jephsons zu den Ereignissen in der Aequatorialprovinz vom 22. April 1888 bis 31. Januar 1889 : "Man weiß jetzt genug von Emin Pascha [Provinzgouverneur von Aequatoria 1878-ca. 1888/89; i.e. Eduard Schnitzer aus Schlesien, 1840-1892], um zu begreifen, daß er nicht der Mann war, für den ganz Europa ihn hielt [.]. Stolz auf seine Provinz und im Vertrauen auf die Treue seiner Unterthanen, bat er Herrn Stanley, einen seiner Offiziere bei ihm zurückzulassen, damit dieser ihm helfe, die Leute auf den Marsch nach der Küste [.] vorzubereiten [.]. Herr Stanley wählte mich und ließ mich bei Emin zurück, während er selbst nach Jambuja zurückkehrte, um die Nachhut zu holen. Ich war noch nicht lange in der Provinz gewesen, als ich Dinge zu sehen begann, welche mich sehr überraschten und die ich nur beklagen konnte. Auf Disciplin [.] wurde nicht nachdrücklich gehalten, da die Leute Emin's seine Befehle offen besprachen und bekrittelten. [.] Ich möchte nicht über Emin urtheilen und habe von seinem Mangel an Festigkeit nicht mehr gesagt, als ich zum Verständniß der Darstellung für absolut notwendig halte. Mir gegenüber ist er stets liebenswürdig gewesen [.]. [.] Emin ist ein ausgezeichneter Gelehrter [.]. Die wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten waren es, die sein höchstes Interesse in Anspruch nahmen und ihn mitunter veranlaßten, die Pflichten seiner Stellung hintanzusetzen." (p. XI ff.). -- "After a career in the military, Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1858-1908) became an adventurer and African explorer, and most notably took part in the ill-fated Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886 to 1889 headed by Henry Morton Stanley. Emin Pasha was the German-born Governor of southern Sudan's province of Equatoria. A private relief mission was proposed to 'rescue' Emin Pasha after losing contact following revolts in the province. The expedition went up the Congo River, taking an extremely challenging route. This resulted in the group suffering severe losses due to disease and hunger and once Emin Pasha was found, it transpired that he did not wish to be rescued at all. After being held prisoner by rebel officers for several months, Arthur eventually escaped and he returned to England in 1890. Although there was initial recognition for the mission, criticism developed as the true human cost of the trip became clear. After his return, he wrote two books about his experience, he was awarded a medal by the Royal Geographical Society of London and he became a queen's messenger in 1895. Arthur died aged 50 [.] in 1908 [.]. He was a member of the notable Jephson family of Cork, Ireland" (berkshirerecordoffice org uk: Posted in This months highlight on 23 Jul 2021, online). -- NETTOGEWICHT / Net weight / Poids: 1.2 kg - VERSANDKATEGORIE / Weight category / Poids brut 2 kg - Sprache: de
Seller: Franz Kühne Antiquariat und Kunsthandel, Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: xxiv, 490 pp. With 23 plates; large folding map in pocket at rear. 8vo, original decorated cloth. First American edition. A good copy, with the front hinge nearly broken.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. XXIV+490 pp. Contiene:Map of the Equatorial Province y Copy of the mahdi s letter to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender.This copy was made secretly at night by Abderrahim, son of Osman Effendi Vakeel or second in command of the Equatorial Province. Ambos de gran formato.
Seller: Libreria de Antano (ILAB & ABA Members), Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$194.25 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xxiv, 490. 22 plates (incl. photogravure frontis. portrait), title vignette, & 24 text illus. lacking the folding partly coloured map & folding facsimile. contemporary full chagrin, gilt edges, rebacked with spine mounted (rubbed). First American Edition. Jephson was one of Stanleys officers on the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha in 1888-89 in the Equatorial Province of Africa. He was engaged for nine months with Emin in resisting the rebellion of the inhabitants who refused to evacuate, and was imprisoned with Emin at Dufile in August 1888. Both Emin and Jephson were condemned to death by the council of native rebel officers, but in February 1889 Jephson succeeded in rejoining Stanley, and subsequently they managed to rescue Emin.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: VG, some minor rubbing front and rear covers, minor scuffing spine, offsetting title page and prefatory letter page. Map and letter taped at folds. Overall, a very good tight solid sound copy. ; 8vo, green dec. Cloth (contemporary rebinding with original cloth overlaid) , gilt lettering with gilt dec. Spine, frontispieces, 490pp. Plus fold-out map and large folding copy of MahdiÕs Letter to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender. A story of nine months experiences in the last of the Soudan Provinces. Illustrated.
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publisher's green cloth lettering with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt decoration on the spine of a small figure (possibly of the Monbuttu Pygmy tribe) holding a bow and arrow. Written with revisions by and the cooperation of Henry M. Stanley. 6" x 9." 490 pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, namely, two photogravures, twenty-one full-page engravings, and twenty-five in-text engravings, complete. The illustrations include a photographic portrait and illustrated portrait of Jephson and Stanley, respectively. List of illustrations in the front. Also included are two laid-in materials in a back pocket (on inside of back cover), a map of the "Equatorial Province" and a facsimile letter containing a transcription of Muhammad Ahmed's demand for Emin Pasha to surrender. The caption on the letter reads, "Copy of the Mahdi's letter to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender. This copy [transcription] was made secretly at night by Abderrahim, son of Osman Effendi Vakeel or second in command of the Equatorial Province." The letter is translated into English on Pages 245-253. Pages, covers, map, and facsimile letter are very clean and intact. Slight rubbing to front and back covers and outer joints. Pages are slightly age-toned and have occasional offsetting from facing pages. Front inner hinge is split but binding is still holding. A few splits are along the fold lines of both the map and facsimile letter. A Very Good copy. A gripping, first-person account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (c. 1886-1889). Written by Arthur Jephson (1859-1908), an English merchant and army officer who accompanied Henry M. Stanley (1841-1904) on his infamous expedition. Emin Pasha (1840-1892) was an Ottoman physician and naturalist of German-Jewish descent. While he began his career as a doctor and naturalist, he later became the governor of Equatoria, an Egyptian province on the upper Nile. As noted by its name, the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition was purportedly undertaken to rescue Emin after Muhammad Ahmed and his forces had surrounded Equatoria. Stanley, who led the expedition, insisted it was strictly a relief or rescue mission, but the events that unfolded showed that Stanley, as well as other party members, also viewed the expedition as a way to annex African territories. The expedition was initially praised for its ambition, but it soon became mired in infamy and notoriety when news broke out of the numerous deaths resulting from it (only about one-third of the party made it back). Further complicating the expedition was that Emin, when he was finally found, did not initially want to leave. Emin was eventually convinced to leave for the coast in 1888. This account was written from a point of view that has mixed feelings about Emin and his actions. Jephson also writes about other parts of the expedition such as the party's interactions with local people, the natural scenery, the hardships the expedition faced, and the many brutal conflicts and atrocities he witnessed. Chapter titles are as follows: "Start to Find Emin," "Meeting of Stanley and Emin--Plans Discussed," "From Wadelai to Dufile," "Trouble Impending," "The Bari Tribe," "Beginning of the Rebellion," "Our Imprisonment at Dufile," "Steamer Journey with Rebels," "The Rebel Council," "Arrival of the Mahdi's Forces," "Prisoners on Parole," "Flight from Wadelai," "Susspense at Tunguru," "News of Stanley at Last," "Start to Join Stanley," "Emin's Relief," and "Conclusion" [Jephson summarizes the character of Emin and relays other parts of the expedition such as the mistreatment of women and Zanzibari refugees by some of the party and the near-fatal fall Emin took from a two-story building after becoming inebriated at a celebratory event in Bagamoyo].
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: First American edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 490; with the folding map of Equatorial Province and a copy of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender to in back cover pocket (both with several short tears at the folds), 2 portraits, 21 full-page wood engravings and 25 wood engravings in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; light wear at spine ends, else a very good, sound copy.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth with spine & cover titles in gilt, cover pictorial in black & green; thick 8vo; 490pp; illustrated with photographic portrait of author as frontispiece, portrait plate after drawing, 21 full-page wood engravings plus another 25 within text; written with the revision and co-operation of Henry M. Stanley, D. C. L.; within rear pocket are a folding map of the Equatorial Provence plus a facsimile letter (in Arabic) to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender. An extremely brilliant copy of this classic work. A bit of wear to top and bottom edges of text block; former owner's name & date (1891) to front pastedown, sharp gilt titles, internally quite clean and all plates bright. Both folding map and letter have small tears at folds o/w a near fine copy
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$358.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [5], vi-xxiv, [1], 2-490, [2] pp. Green cloth with black decorations and gold lettering on the front board, gold lettering and gold decoration on the spine. Brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with two photogravure plates and with 21 engraved plates, with numerous in-text engravings. The rear pocket contains a folding map and a folded facsimile of the Mahdi's letter. Howgego S60. Mounteney-Jephson was an officer selected by Stanley to assist in the relief expedition for Emin Pasha (Eduard Schnitzer). He was included in the expedition thanks to a 1,000 pound donation from his cousin the Countess de Noailles, to whom this book is dedicated. Stanley and his men sailed up the Congo, and then marched through the Ituri forest, as the other routes to the province of Equatoria were blocked. Stanley lost 180 men in the forest to disease and injury, and the expedition is regarded as one of the most grueling in history. They did eventually rendez-vous with Emin Pasha, but Pasha was only too happy to continue occupying the settlement that he created, so he was reluctant to leave. Eventually, however, his soldiers rose up and revolted against him, and he became a prisoner in territory previously controlled by him. In the end, 1,510 people left the region and Stanley and his men and Emin Pasha and his followers formed a large caravan that would make its way to Suez, after mapping Lake Albert Edward Nyanza (a lake that blocked their path because its existence was not known to them). A bright and attractive copy of a thrilling and complicated tale of equatorial travel. Each photogravure plate has a small dampstain on its fore-edge, the spine has a minute dent but the book is otherwise beautiful.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, American Issue, formated and designed identical to the English first but for the cloth colour change to an attractive forest green. Illustrated with numerous black and white drawings, a fold-out map, and a photographic frontis of the author, as well as a large fold-out copy of the Mahdi's Letter to Emin Pasha in Arabic demanding his surrender. 8vo, bound in publishers original green cloth, lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated in black and gilt on the spine and upper cover. xxiv, 490, pp. A well-preserved and handsome copy with minor age-mellowing to the spine, the gilt and pictorial decorations in good order, textblock clean and fresh, the hinges sound. SCARCE TRUE FIRST EDITION. An engrossing account of Mounteney-Jephsons travels and harrowing experiences in the Equatorial Province from 1888-89 with Emin Pasha. He recounts in riveting detail the harsh and unfair treatment he received while in Emins territory and indeed of his long imprisonment there. His book revealed an unknown side of the governors leadership style in Africa, one which was weak and ineffective. "It was not until I had witnessed many deplorable examples of his weakness and vacillation that I began to lose faith in his judgment, and it was not until afterwards, when I had conversed frequently with his people and himself about things in his province, and the repulse of the Mahdis forces four years before, that I found out that Emin had only told part of the story."-Preface. Mounteney-Jephson was actually sent on the mission to Emin Pasha by Henry Stanley who wrote the Prefatory Letter and also revised and collaborated on the writing of this book. An important narrative of early English governing in Equatorial Africa.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Illus. xxiv, 490pp. With folding map of Equatorial Province and a copy of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender to in back pocket. 8vo. DELUXE BINDING. Deluxe Half publisher's brown morocco and marbled boards, a.e.g. Very Good Illus. xxiv, 490pp. With folding map of Equatorial Province and a copy of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender to in back pocket. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.