Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardcover. Volume 1 only. Missing the spine, cover shows wear, tear, rubbing, and edgewear. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 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.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Three-quarter red leather with marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and all three edges.Backstrip of spine is missing on both books. Boards still attached. Hinges are good.,Frontspiece engraving. Tear at top of hinge area on tissue guard Vol. I . Otherwise, Sound and unmarked. .547 pages and 540 pages including index, Two book set is heavier than standard, S&H will be adjusted. Maps are missing.
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In green cloth with gilt titling, cover illustration in black, 8vo, 540pp + fold out map i npocket at rear volume 1 only. (shelfwear, rubbing and fading to cloth at extremities, inner hinges tender, toning to page edges, short tear to crease of map). Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.45 + shipping
Description: thick8vo, 22.2cm tall. 540p., plates and illustrations, WITH the 2 rear folding pocket map, original decorated green cloth, upper inner hinge cracked but holding, rear map pocket cover torn but the maps are fine, good to very good (gar). ~ Pocket maps: A Map of the Route. & A Map of Emin Pasha's.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Henry M Stanley. IN DARKEST AFRICA.- 2 vol. set. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1890.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2-vol. set. Marbled paper on covers & edges; 3/4 leather binding; bottom half of spines missing.
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Henry M Stanley. IN DARKEST AFRICA.2-vol.set. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1890.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2-vol. set in original green decorative cloth bindings; 2 of 4 maps in rear pockets.
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Henry M Stanley. IN DARKEST AFRICA.2-vol. set. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1890.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2-vol. set in original decorative green bindings.
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volume set. Lacks rear pocket maps. Musty smell, rub marks, scuffs and edge wear. Slightly cocked bindings.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is volume 2 only, hardcover first edition copy in green cloth with embossed image of darkest Africa with gold lettering. . Lacking the title page and the frontispiece and with new cloth hinges, Also, no maps in the rear pocket. otherwise a VG copy, better than a reading copy, but will not please the collector. Photos on request. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1890, 547pp, 540pp, illus., maps, marbled boards, eps & pg edges, both spines are missing, rear cover of v. 1 missing, rear cover of v. 2 loose, 2 of 3 maps present (missing 'A Map of the Route of Emin Pasha.'), forest map has some browning & some splits at folds, some wear to leather, contents are clean & unmarked & in great shape.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1890, 547pp, 540pp, illus., maps, blindstamp of African continent to covers, some wear to covers, bottom of spines becoming ragged, v. 1 is waterstained affecting both cover, frontis & title pg & bottom margin of most pgs, heavier toward the rear of book, this affects no text, boards are slightly warped, v. 2 has waterstain to outer pg edges, probably affecting about hald of pg in the margins only, though th efrontis & copyright page are affected in bottom outer corner covering about 1/4 of the page, a couple pgs of contents pgs are affects slightly, no other text is affected, 2 of 3 maps in rear pockets present, consider this a good reading/research copy.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Attractively rebound in modern three-quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, with loss of pastedowns but retention of marbled free endpapers. Bindings sturdy, author/title panels fine; edges of textblocks marbled; contents clean and attractive. Maps in pockets are not present. 2780 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Charles Scribner's Sons 1890 Good/ 3/4 leather binding with rubbed boards and mended upper spine. Broken hinges are holding loosely, marbleized end papers in front are fine but cracked at hinge in rear. pos penned on second blank end paper. Illustrated frontispiece and many illustrations and maps throughout text. 547 pages. Gilded page edges show light wear. HEAVY ITEM.
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$46.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Normal like shelf wear.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: QUITE CLEAN INSIDE & OUT, NO FOXING, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKINGS. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED INCL FRONTIS OF STANLEY WITH TISSUE GUARD. HINGES ARE WEAK AND SOME WEBBING IS SHOWING. 2 MAPS IN POCKET INSIDE BACK BOARD. 540 PAGES. BROWN ENDPAPERS. PRICED TO SELL. SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS.
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Henry M. Stanley. In Darkest Africa Volume II. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$55.25 + shipping
Description: Dark Green cloth boards, cracked at the title page, but the rest of the pages are solid. Some wearr to the cover. A small tear on the back cover. This is Volulme II only. No break in the cloth edges.
Seller: Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books, Bethany, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.50 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Three-Quarter Leather -- Poor -- 2 Voulme Set -- SHIPPING ONLY IN U.S. AND BY MEDIA RATE ONLY -- Other than repairs to spines and hinges, books are tight -- READING COPIES ONLY -- 1090 pages -- Includes Two Steel Engravings and One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps
Seller: gigabooks, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa (Vol. II). Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Nominal fraying to head and heel of spine with touch of scuffing to boards. Gilt to front and spine is bright, sharp. Lightly bumped corners, tight text block. Good+ copy. TM
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$61.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardcover. Two Volume set. SD; NAP. Ex-Library copies, with all the typical markings. Older library re-binding; leather spine and corners over pebbled cloth. Fair condition only. Both volumes show wear at the corners, and board edges; and with some loss at the spine extremities. Surface rubbing. Leather split along the rear spine edges of V2. The rear board of V2 has water damage, and tide-marks at the corner margins of the last several pages. Page edges age-darkened. A bit of soil to the endpapers and blanks. Else the pages are just a bit age-toned, but clean. All the plates are present, but the pocketed maps are missing. This is a heavy set; Priority and/or International may require shipping over and above standard costs. ; 27B; 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$62.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. In good condition for its age. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Color lithograph map on wove paper. Mounted on linen support. 45 x 71 cm (sheet). Very Good. Vertical and horizontal folds. Light foxing. Some tears along sheet edges. Small hole in lower margin.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. 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.The map shows boundary of free trade area in the south.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes bound in half leather (leather spine and corners, rest of boards in marbled paper), very good-. Endpapers and page edges are also marbled. Some wear (especially in volume I) to spine ends and corners. Backstrip on volume I has detached along the front gutter, but is still attached to the book. Interiors clean and tight, frontispiece with tissue guard, many illustrations, and an index in each volume. Only one map remains in the pocket at the rear of volume II, no map in volume I.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 2 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations, facsimile, maps (some color) plates, portraits ; 23 cm. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover. Good cover. Wear to cover. Gutters weak. Metropolitan Club library stamps and markings. 2 folding maps in rear pockets. xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pp. With one hundred and fifty woodcut illustrations. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Volume II - Nice collector´s item AMERICAN FIRST EDITION. Book is in excellent condition with no wear or tear. Spine is tight and pages clean. Rescue and Retreat of Emin Pasha, Governor of Equatoria. Dark Green boards - 150 illustrations and steel engravings. No map in back pocket. Map of Africa embossed on front cover.
Seller: Ronmar Books, El Vendrell, TARR, Spain
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa (VOLUME TWO ONLY). Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 540 pages. Hardcover with embossed Africa and gilt lettering on front. Spine cracked in multiple places. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Maps and illustrations throughout. VOLUME TWO ONLY. Record # 2233524
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xiv, 547; xvi, 540, 2 portrait frontispieces, 52 engraved plates (1 col), 3 folding maps (in rear pockets), text figs. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, cont. half leather, re-backed, remnants of the orginal spines laid down; marbled boards, endpapers and edges, rubbed, scuffed and worn at edges. One folding map with some tears to folds. First US edition (published the same year as the first UK edition). Stanley's famous account of his expedition to relieve Emin Pasha (1840-1892), original name Eduard Schnitzer, the governor of the Equatorial province of Egyptian Sudan.
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Important reference work. Map in rear pocket. Volume II only. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear). 540 pps.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits; 23 cm. Bound in publisher's green cloth. 2 Maps in rear pocket of Vol. II, lacking Vol. I map. Hardcover. Gutters cracked to title page and index of volumes, hinges repaired with binding tape. Moderate shelfwear. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 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 .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Textured green cloth; map of Africa; gilt lettering. No dust jackets. Vol. II: xvi, 540 pp. with bw frontis (tissue guarded) and several bw plates/illustrations; 2 folding maps in back pocket. Stanley's classic about Africa. "Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who had made his name after âfinding' 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 âfinding' 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 Expedition. - from the British Library. Not a collector's copy but still has some shelf appeal and is candidate for re-bind. G+/Fair, cover is heavily worn, spine less so. Front hinge is loose. Owner's inscription inside. Pages are clean. Maps good.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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 2 pocket; missing in Volume 1). 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 solid condition, but bindings are rubbed at their margins. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Very good copy with clean pages. First edition. Volume II only. Maps included in rear pocket. Fraying to head and heel of spine. Tips bumped. Front hinge broke. Name in ink on front free end paper. Sm4to. Published in New York, 1890. 540 pages.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$141.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo [22.5 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, xiv, [ii], 547; xvi, 540; 45 plates including 2 steel-engraved frontis's (portraits), 4 maps including 3 folding in pockets, numerous other illustrations and portraits from photos and drwgs, one chart in color, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilted signature of author & title on covers, gilt vignette on spines, map of Africa on both volumes in blind-stamp, signature on endpaper, slightly rubbed at edges, complete, clean and fine set, no tears on maps. One of the classic African travels by this experienced American traveller and writer, published in London in same year, and translated into a number of other languages. According to DNB, the expedition "accomplished great things; it had made notable additions to African geography and ethnology". Work 26. Very well-illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Henry M. Stanley. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, Used: Good to Very good condition Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890, First Edition and Printing.Two volume set with Two steel engravings and 150 illustrations. Maps included. Both volumes show some water/moisture damage to boards but spines are tight and pages clean. Previous owner inscription inside both volumes. Maps clean but exhibit a few small tears and some sign of usage. Both volumes exhibit signs of shelf wear and storage with some bumped corners. Regardless, they are tight and have gilt lettering on boards and spine. A nice set given age. Shipping weight may require additional cost adjustment.
Seller: Six Maples Books, Martinsburg, WV, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G+/none, used hc. Vol. I - Outline of Africa stamped on green cloth of upper with gilt text on upper and spine; edge wear including frayed and bumped tips; scuffed overall. Former owner's inked name on front paste down. FFEP has "Y" tear at tail edge. 547pp. Interior pages unmarked but there is some foxing; pages 365-368 are missing. I presume there was some maps in the rear pocket but they are missing. Binding is starting on upper hinge but tight otherwise. Vol. II - Same type of cover as above but this one is more torn, frayed and scuffed. 540 pp. Pages are unmarked. Binding is tight. No maps.
Seller: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Samples of four different styles of bindings available for order. Subscriber's order form remains blank. Light wear to all edges of boards and spine. Tissue tipped in on page with 1890portrait of Henry M. Stanley has a two inch closed tear. Faint, brown stain at tail of hinge at "p. 39," and two pages preceding it. Otherwise in very good condition.
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. Frontispiece portraits, numerous plates and text illustrations, and three large folding maps in pockets at rear. 8vo, publisher's green decorated cloth. First American edition. Vol. II lacks the front free endpaper with white water damage to the lower board; spines attractive with very slight rubbing at extremities. 19th c. ink name to flyleaf of Vol. I.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volumes. 1st edition, with three maps inside rear pockets. Covers worn. Front hings of volume 2 is cracked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. 1st edition, with three maps inside rear pockets. Covers worn.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 vols.: xiv, 547; xvi, 540 p. 23 cm. Vol. I has 1 steel frontispiece engraving of the author, 17 full-page illustrations, and 57 smaller illustrations, and folded colour map in rear pocket. Vol. II has another steel engraving of the author, 26 full-page illustrations, 46 smaller maps and illustrations, 1 sketch, and folded colour map in rear pocket. Green cloth with black and gold impressing. Covers rubbed, corners bumped. Ink inscriptions on front free endpapers. Some thumbing within. Stamp on rear free endpaper of vol. 1. Both pocket maps have tears in folds. Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841 1904) is famous for his exploration of central Africa and search for missionary David Livingstone. In 1886, Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to "rescue" Emin Pasha, the governor of Equatoria in the southern Sudan. After immense hardships and great loss of life, Stanley met Emin in 1888 and emerged from the interior with Emin and his surviving followers at the end of 1890.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 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 âfinding' 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 âfinding' 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 Expedition. - from the British Library. VG all around with only a hint of shelf wear.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$156.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 2 vols, xvi, 547pp (&) xvi, 540pp, each with engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous ills., 3 folding maps in back pockets. Original green decorative gilt cloth with impressed map of Africa stamped on upper boards. Cloth rubbed, giving it a faintly whitish appearance, worn at head and tail of spines, head of spine on Vol. I with a half inch split. Interior clean, a gift inscription top of Title page Vol. I, first signature loose. A good+ copy overall.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$167.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. 2 of 3 fold. maps in pocket at ends. Inner front hinges of vol 2 repaired with cloth tape by previous owner Lacking map of Emin Pasha's Province from pocket of vol. 2. Very good condition, spine ends worn, maps cracking at folds
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$182.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Blindstamp of Africa on front cover of both volumes. Bindings moderately soiled and rubbed. Top corners of Vol. 2 bumped. From the library of Theodore G. Croft, Representative from South Carolina, on front pastedowns of both volumes. Title pages age toned. Light scattered foxing. Tiny chip to top edge of title page of Vol. 1. Illust. w/ two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps. Includes fold-out maps in rear pocket of both volumes.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa (Volumes 1 & 2). Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. FIRST EDITION. VOLUME 2 ONLY (OF 2). Original Deluxe Leather, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout. 547, 540 pages. Size: 9" x 6 1/4". Very Good.Tight binding; clean pages and covers; some rubbing wear; all 3 maps present and in good condition. Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 - 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1897, and served in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist member for Lambeth North from 1895 to 1900. More than a century after his death, Stanley's legacy remains the subject of enduring controversy. Although he personally had high regard for many of the native African people who accompanied him on his expeditions,â the exaggerated accounts of corporal punishment and brutality in his books fostered a public reputation as a hard-driving, cruel leader, in contrast to the supposedly more humanitarian Livingstone. His contemporary image in Britain also suffered from the inaccurate perception that he was American. In the 20th century, his reputation was also seriously damaged by his role in establishing the Congo Free State for King Leopold II. Nevertheless, he is recognized for his important contributions to Western knowledge of the geography of Central Africa and for his resolute opposition to the slave trade in East Africa.--wikipedia. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .
Seller: LaCelle Rare Books, Chadwick, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volumes - 9" X 6.25" in dark green cloth with embossed map of Africa on the covers. Soiled. Old price inside front cover of Vol. 1 in pencil, Front hinge Vol. 2 cracking. Long and intersting. 547/540pp. 1 map in pocket inside back cover of Vol. 1; 2 maps in pocket inside back cover of vol. 2. [smaller of 2 maps in Vol. 2 has a long tear along a fold.
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa (Volume One only). Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Reading Copy" condition only. Volume one only. BP/Case
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$212.56 + shipping
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Two volumes, octavo. Illustrated, with three folding maps housed in pockets to the rear of each volume. Publisher's green cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt and black. Some edgewear and rubbing to extremities, spine tips frayed, loose maps with some expected wear to folds. Very good. Stanley's classic account of his most remarkable expedition across the African territory.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.95 + shipping
Description: In 1886, Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to “rescue” the governor of Equatoria in the southern Sudan. After immense hardships and great loss of life, Stanley emerged from the interior with Emin and his surviving followers at the end of 1890. This is the account of that expedition. Condition notes: Vol 1-547; Vol 2-540 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, brown eps, portrait frontis w/ tissue guard; a.e. sunned, about ½ of the pp of Vol 1 are dampstained. . Cover: dk green, Africa front, gilt titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems modestly worn. Includes 2 of 3 maps in the rear map pockets. Heavy.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$224.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Three quarter leather and marbled hardcovers, have wear and the hinges are weak and cracked. There is some leather loss to the spines. 2 Volumes complete with the three pull out maps in the pockets in the back of the books. We ship fast.
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1890.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcovers in green pictorial stamped and gilt original buckram. Both volumes are in very good condition in and out with normal rubbing and shelf wear. Illustrated throughout. Lacking large maps from rear pockets of both volumes. Massive 8vos. ; Volumes 1 & 2
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's and Sons, Astor Place, New York, 1890.
Price: US$249.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Green cloth edition. Two volume set. Volume 1 has the Map of the Route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition through Africa (very good condition, with small tears); Map of Emin Pasha's Province is not present. Volume 2 has the Map of the Great Forest Region (very good condition, with small tears).Spine are tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. with light edge wear. No dust jackets. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing set is protected with a clear polyester archival cover. Beautiful collectible set. GIFT QUALITY
Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
STANLEY, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. Illustrated; folding maps in pockets at rear of each volume; a few short tears along folds to each of the three maps. 8vo, original green decorated cloth. Light rubbing and wear to cloth; clean, tight, and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, two volumes, 547 & 540 pp, VG+ in 3/4 leather with gilt titling on spine and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers; a.e.g. (all edges gilt) (previous owner's bookplate and small ink stamp to front prelims; spines somewhat sunned; moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, tips, edges; else a clean, tight, minimally handled set). Maps inserted in pockets at rear of each volume. Illustrated with two frontispiece steel engravings + 150 b&w illustrations and maps. A handsome set usually found in lesser condition.
Seller: Edward Ripp: Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volumes. Steel-engraved frontispiece portraits, and 150 illustrations, many full-page. 3 folding maps, loose as issued in rear pockets; as usual starting to separate at folds. Tall thick 8vo, original green pictorial cloth (bindings scuffed and edgeworn but solid). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. A good set. Account of Stanley's expedition to rescue Emin Pasha. The expedition "accomplished great things; it had made notable additions to African geography and ethnology. Stanley called for the highest qualities of leadership" (--DNB). This immensely popular account was published simultaneously in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M. In Darkest Africa Vol 1 & 2. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition for it's advanced age. Steel engravings 150 illustrations and 3 maps. Some spotting on both FEP and BEP of both volumes. Vol 1 has rubbing on the covers, some edge wear and corner bumping. The text is clean but there is breaks in the spine. Hinges and gutters are some of the weak spots. Vol 2 has less rubbing, less edge wear but wear on the corners down to the boards. Text is also clean but many breaks in the spine. The gold lettering on the covers of both volumes are still brilliant, the gold on the spine of vol 1 has some fading, vol 2 still brilliant. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons and Toronto: Presbyterian News Company: 1890, First Edition in 2 volumes, 9" by 6", 547 pp and 540 pp. respectively. A nicely bound, first edition set of this highly esteemed travelogue and expedition account by Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Three folding maps in colour in pockets, plus a fourth, in the text block. Various illustrations (in text), full page plates (present). Bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards. All edges the text block marbled. The spines comprise five raised bands (six compartments), titles in gilt as are the author's name and volume numbers The binding shows some shelf wear on the boards and corners, spine a lighter brown than the rest of the leather. A stamp #7923 from the Protective Association, Publishers and Booksellers can be found on the pastedown of the rear board of Volume 1. Overall, this is a highly pleasing two volume set with excellent shelf appeal. The binding as very good plus and the text block near fine plus. This is a heavy set weighing 3 kg when packed, and will require extra postage. Please contact seller.
Seller: Robert Rankin Books, Caledonia, ON, Canada
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition . Hardcovers in two volumes. Stanley writes of his last African adventure (1887-89) and his rescue of Emin Pasha from the followers of Mahdi in Southern Sudan. He also writes of his encounter with Pygmies that were still a mystery to the outside world. Two volumes in original green cloth with blind stamp of the African continent on the front of each with gold titles. Gold titles on the spine with a bust of Stanley. Gilding on top edge is dull. Tightly bound and hinges intact. Clean and no writing, bookplates, or owner's names. Volume I, 547 pages, appendix. One map in pocket at rear. Volume II, 540 pages, appendices, index. All maps are present in each volume. The maps in vol. I has some splitting at the folds. All maps in the rear pockets of each volume are coming appart at the seams, due to constant folding and refolding, and to the age of the paper. Over 150 illustrations. The books have shelf rubbing on the edges, but are not through the cloth. No fraying to the cloth. Some discoloration to the green cloth binding. Both volumes were issued without a dust jacket and are in Very Good condition. A nice collectible set. ; Each Volume is 6 1/2 in. x 9 in.
Seller: Quinn & Davis Booksellers, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa - 2 Volumes. Charles S. Scribner, New York, 1890.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. In two volumes. Octavos. xiv, 547pp.; xvi, 540pp. Illustrated with two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps. Folded map inside rear pockets of both volumes. Original decorative green cloth stamped in gilt. Ownership signature of noted American psychologist and anthropologist Henry Guze, (a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex) on the blank preliminary pages of both volumes, lacking front endpapers in volume one, gutters and hinges cracked, front fly top corner chipped in volume two, extremities worn, a good only set without dustwrappers as issued. Folded maps with tender folds and split in areas.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$316.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes; 547 & 540 pages in very good condition; edges a little yellowed and soiled. Each volume is profusely illustrated with plates, figures and steel engraving frontispiece. 3 folding maps in "pockets at back" are listed in Table of Contents. We have 4 maps (duplicates of 2 listed) and are missing the map of The Great Forest Region. A long, interesting inscription in pencil is in volume 1; could be erased. Green hardcovers with gilt titles and portrait on the spines. Embossed map of Africa on the front covers, with gilt titles. Corners lightly bumped, covers and spines a little scuffed. Bindings very tight. VG+
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in pictorial forest green cloth stamped brightly in gilt on the front boards and on the spines. The front boards have an outline of the continent of Africa with the Title stamped brightly in bright gilt over the center and a facsimile of the signature of Henry M. Stanley in gilt at the bottom of the front panels. The front hinges are tender. Very clean and tight throughout with photographic engraved frontispieces of Stanley in volumes I and II. With 150 illustrations and 3 folding maps,one rather large, in the back pockets. Solid substantial volumes with 547 pages (Vol. 1); and 540 pages in Vol. II. A very attractive set in acetate dust jackets. "Sir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB (born John Rowlands) 1841 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 known for his search for the source of the Nile, his work in enabling the plundering of the Congo Basin region in association with King Leopold II of Belgium, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899." (Wikipedia) In Darkest Africa is the original report to the Emin Pasha Relief Committee and the funding group for the expedition, one of the most important of all African exploratory adventures. "By 1885 Stanley had become deeply interested in the schemes of Mr. (afterwards Sir) William Mackinnon, chairman of the British India Steam Navigation Company, for establishing a British protectorate in East Equatorial Africa, and it was believed that this object could be furthered at the same time that relief was afforded to Emin Pasha, governor of the Equatorial Province of Egypt, who had been isolated by the Mahdist rising of 1881-1885. Instead of choosing the direct route, Stanley decided to go by way of the Congo, as thereby he would be able to render services to the infant Congo State, then encountering great difficulties with the Zanzibar Arabs established on the Upper Congo" (EB). Stanley and Tippoo Tib, the chief of the Congo Arabs, entered into an agreement for the latter to assume governorship of the Stanley Falls station and supply carriers for the Emin relief expedition, and then travelled up the Congo to Bangala together. They parted ways at Stanley Falls and Stanley started his trip toward Albert Nyanza, leaving a rear-guard at Yambuya on the lower Aruwimi under the command of Major E.M. Barttelot. Stanley s journey to Albert Nyanza became a hazardous 160-day march through "nothing but miles and miles, endless miles of forest" that claimed the lives of over half of Stanley s men from starvation, disease, and hostility of the natives. Finally upon the arrival at Albert Nyanza, Stanley achieved communication with Emin but was troubled by the non-arrival of his rear-guard. He retraced his steps back to Yambuya to find that Tippoo Tib had broken faith, Barttelot had been murdered, and the camp was in disarray and only one European was left. Stanley again set out for Albert Nyanza, where Stanley, Emin Pasha, and the survivors of the rear-guard began the return journey to Zanzibar by way of Uganda, a trip during which he discovered the Mountains of the Moon (Ruwenzori), traced the course of the Semliki River, discovered Albert Edward Nyanza and the great southwestern gulf of Victorian Nyanza. Of Stanley s original 646 men, only 246 survived. This account of his adventures was wildly popular and published in six languages. One of the greatest feats in African travel, Stanley traveled thousands of miles in his claims to the great stretches of continental African territory. First Edition with the matching dates of 1890 on the title and copyright pages.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in two volumes in sturdy finely woven green cloth boards which are decorated with a recessed outline of the continent of Africa; with bright gilt stamping on the front boards and on the spine. All 3 maps are included, with two steel engraved frontispieces, and numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Volume 1 has the very large folding Map of the Great Forest Region which has numerous tears at the corners and along some of the folds; but it is all there. Volume 2 has the Map of the Route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition through Africa (with a few tears at the corners) and the smaller map of Emin Pasha's Province which has two tiny tears at the folds. Very handsome copies in protective acetate dust jackets. Sir Henry Morton StanleyGCB(bornJohn Rowlands; 28 January 1841 10 May 1904) was aWelsh-American[1][2]journalist, explorer, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorerDavid Livingstone, whom he later claimed to have greeted with the now-famous line: "Dr Livingstone, I presume?". He is mainly known for his search for the source of theNile, work he undertook as an agent ofKing Leopold II of Belgium, which enabled the occupation of theCongo Basin region, and for his command of theEmin Pasha Relief Expedition. He wasknightedin 1897. (Wikipedia) First Edition with matching dates of 1890 on the title and copyright pages; and no subsequent printings listed.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. With 2 steel engravings and 150 illustrations and maps. With three maps in pockets at back of each volume. 2 vols. 8vo. In Darkest Africa retells Stanley's adventures on his expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of the Equatorial Province of Egypt, who was cut off after the fall of Khartoum. The expedition crawled at a snail's pace, covering only three or four hundred yards in an hour. Stanley nearly died of fever himself and he brought out of the forest only a third of the men he took in with him. This adventure, with descriptions of the forest and its animal life, as well as both vivid and valuable ethnological data regarding the Pygmy tribes, forms the content of In Darkest Africa. A satisfactory copy of this classic of African exploration by the man who found Livingston. Original green pictorial cloth, gilt. A bit rubbed, hinges to vol. I starting; Map of the Great Forest Region in vol. I with several splits along folds, some old repairs along verso, no loss. Very good minus With 2 steel engravings and 150 illustrations and maps. With three maps in pockets at back of each volume. 2 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's & Sons, NY, 1890.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American edition. Two volumes, hard covers in original cloth. Published NY: Charles Scribner's, 1890, first printing. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9", xiv+547; xvi+540, 45 full-page engravings (including frontispieces), plus approximately 100 illustrations within the text, plus three folded color maps in pockets (two large, one small). Dark green pictorial cloth with gilt titles and blind embossed African continent, brown endpapers. Stanley's detailed account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1886-1889), in which he led 400 armed men through the Congo and Ituri rain forest in an unsuccessful bid to rescue the Equatoria governor. The expedition suffered heavy losses through death and desertion. Nevertheless, Stanley made several interesting discoveries and negotiated treaties with tribal chiefs that served Britain's colonial interests. Sweating indications along the front edge of the boards with some dye bleed residue spots on front edge of page block and a bit into the margins, not affecting the lay of the paper. Slight wear at the spine ends, small chip to the cloth on spine of vol 1, rub to a few tips, otherwise very good, bindings strong and tight, maps very good. All three maps are present. Bookplate of Robert Clarence Pruyn (1847-1934) in each volume. Pruyn was an American inventor, banker and politician. He was President of National Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Albany and executive at other large businesses. He established the 13,000 acre Santanoni Preserve in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Size: 8vo
Seller: The Wild Muse, Granville, NY, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa: 2 volume set. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1890.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ex-library (church) copy with normal markings and attachments (no cover sticker). Text is clean, pages have aged over time. Binding is tight and solid. Copies have light corner rolls but no scuffs. Spine head and tails show minor shelving wear. Frontispieces are steel engravings of author; another 150 illustrations & maps, many full-page are included. Tall thick foldout maps are in pockets and has some wear and tear to the folds, but have not been taped. Vol 2 map is in need of gentle handling; Vol 1 maps in better condition. Sold as set - Rare/scarce rm #161. Copyright dated 1890. 1,087 pages total. 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Antiques & Collectibles. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560804211.
Seller: a2zbooks, Burgin, KY, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: IN DARKEST AFRICA: OR THE QUEST, RESCUE, AND RETREAT OF EMIN; GOVENOR OF EQUATORIA. HENRY M. STANLEY. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890. First American edition. In its original green cloth, with a map of Africa embossed on the cover. Two volumes with a folding maps in a pouch in the rear cover of volumes I and II. Bindings are in near fine condition with slight wear at the bottom of the spine. Spine and front cover with gold lettering. Contents clean, repair to front gutter volume 1 and front gutter volume II. A very attractive set. Housed in a green Victorian cloth slip case.
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Henry M. Stanley. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth with gilt lettering, Stanley vignette and facsimile signature on first volume. Debossed outline of Africa on upper boards for both volumes. Light shelf wear. Top and bottom of spines are perfectly intact. Corners are sharp with only one of the eight lightly rubbed. End papers are brown coated, tissue guarded portrait of Stanley at beginning Vol. 1. All maps present in rear pocket parts and very crisp. There are a couple of spots at the crease corners of maps that may not be intact, creating small perforations of the maps. The maps need to be handled very carefully. There is appears to be an extra map of The Great Forest Region. The first volume is square and tight. The frontispiece tissue is very much toned on both volumes. On the second volume there is a 1" stain on the top right hand corner of an FEP. This stain bled to the frontispiece of on the other side. The subject of the frontispiece is signed, but the name is difficult to make out. One owner's name is in ink on an FEP on both volume with a 1890 date. Both volumes show minor wear. Only one corner out of all 8 is rubbed lightly. The rear hinge on the second volume is starting and shows about a 1" or so crack at the top. First volume is 547 pages. Second volume is 540 pages Except for small stain, owners name, the hinge that is starting to loosen on the rear of Volume II, these books are in pristine condition.
Seller: Adams Shore Books, Quincy, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes with maps.Professionally rebound using marbled boards from the original boards, leather replaced with brown cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Bindings tight. Maps in rear pocket. Two beautiful volumes.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: Two large octavo volumes (23cm). Publisher's pictorial green cloth-covered boards; xvi,[1]-547; xvi,[1]-540; engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume and 43 inserted leaves of plates; text illustrations; large folding map ("Map of the Great Forest Region, showing the routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition") in rear pocket of v.1; two smaller folding maps ("Map of the Route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition" and "Map of the Emin Pasha's Province" in rear pocket of v.2. Usual splits at folds to the maps, which are otherwise in fresh, clean condition; both volumes clean, straight, and tight, with hinges unstressed and contents fresh and free of foxing; a Near Fine set. Bookseller's ticket of the "Protective Association Publishers & Booksellers" to rear free endpaper of first volume. Stanley's account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1888-1890, a mission undertaken in the service of King Leopold of Belgium - nominally to rescue Emin Pasha, governor of Equatoria, who by the mid-1880s had found himself isolated and under attack by Mahdist forcest; but with the tacit intent of annexing further territories in the ever-expanding Belgian colony of Congo. Long considered a classic, the work is depressing to read today, a document so rich in colonial self-regard that one is not surprised that the mission's less savory aspects, especially its indulgent attitude toward the Zanzibarian slaver Tippu Tip and the cruel treatment of native people by European members of Stanley's crew, go essentially unremarked. Still a key work of imperialist literature, handsomely produced, infrequently found in such nice condition.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1890 1st ed In Darkest Africa Henry Stanley Emin Pasha Expedition Livingstone If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all. David Livingstone A rare, first printing of Henry Stanley s In Darkest Africa. Known for his explorations in Africa, he found the Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone, whom most had assumed had been lost. His acquaintance with continuing expedition with Livingstone led to the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, an Ottoman physician. This voyage was notorious for causing the deaths of so many of its members to disease and disaster. The events of this expedition were recorded in Stanley s In Darkest Africa in which he was the leader of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. Item number: #9955 Price: $499 STANLEY, Henry M In darkest Africa: or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o 2 volumes [xiv], 547; [xvi], 540 150 in-text illustrations & maps References: Howgego IV S60; Language: English Binding: Cloth; tight and secure Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 9955 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. Steel-engraved frontispiece portraits, and 150 illustrations, many full-page. 3 folding maps, loose as issued in rear pockets; xiv + 547; xvi + 540 pages. Thick, tall 8vos, original green pictorial cloth, lightly scuffed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. A very good set. Account of Stanley's expedition to rescue Emin Pasha. The expedition "accomplished great things; it had made notable additions to African geography and ethnology. Stanley called for the highest qualities of leadership" (--DNB). This immensely popular account was published simultaneously in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. With 2 steel engravings and 150 illustrations and maps. With three maps in pockets at back of each volume. xiv, [ii], 547,[1] ; xvi, 540 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. In Darkest Africa retells Stanley's adventures on his expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of the Equatorial Province of Egypt, who was cut off after the fall of Khartoum. The expedition crawled at a snail's pace, covering only three or four hundred yards in an hour. Stanley nearly died of fever himself and he brought out of the forest only a third of the men he took in with him. This adventure, with descriptions of the forest and its animal life, as well as both vivid and valuable ethnological data regarding the Pygmy tribes, forms the content of In Darkest Africa. A superb copy of the classic of African exploration by the man who found Livingston. Bound in three quarters red morocco with black leather title labels and marbled boards With 2 steel engravings and 150 illustrations and maps. With three maps in pockets at back of each volume. xiv, [ii], 547,[1] ; xvi, 540 pp. 2 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Volume I: xiv + 547pp. + large folding map with 7 small tears to folds, stored in back pocket. Volume II: xvi + 540pp. + 1 folding map, 1 larger folding map with 3 tears in folds and 1 smaller fine. Original green buckram cloth with gilt, covers have design of Africa on front board and a facsimile signature of Stanley in gilt. Bright fine copy. In January 1887, Stanley began an expedition to rescue the Ottoman-German naturalist and one-time governor of Equatoria, Emin Pasha. Stanley followed a tortuously difficult route, which included a five month journey through rainforest, and lost two-thirds of his party. Stanley succeeded in convincing Emin Pasha to leave Equatoria in 1889.
Seller: Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$517.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes in very good condition. Volume 1: 547 pages. Volume 2: 540 pages. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Pouches at the back of the books, containing folding maps. Brown endpapers. Hinges are cracked, but intact. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and a blind-stamped design on the boards. Lightly worn around the edges. Lightly scuffed. 1ST US EDITION. VG/- -
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1890 Livingstone 1ed In Darkest Africa Henry Stanley Emin Pasha Expedition MAPS If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all. David Livingstone A rare, first printing of Henry Stanley s In Darkest Africa. Known for his explorations in Africa, he found the Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone, whom most had assumed had been lost. His acquaintance with continuing expedition with Livingstone led to the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, an Ottoman physician. This voyage was notorious for causing the deaths of so many of its members to disease and disaster. The events of this expedition were recorded in Stanley s In Darkest Africa in which he was the leader of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. Each of the two volumes contains a fantastic, large folding map located in a pocket on the back pastedown. Item number: #30726 Price: $550 STANLEY, Henry M In darkest Africa: or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes o Vol. I xiv, 547, [1] o Vol. II - xvi, 540 o 150 illustrations o All 3 folding maps present References: Howgego IV S60; Provenance: Bookplate Mary E. Maxwell Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm) Rare, deluxe publisher s leather binding Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30726 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. 8vo. In 3 volumes, complete. With 2 steel engravings and over 150 illustrations and maps. Two large and one folding map have been professionally strengthen at their folds, so that they are complete usable, as these maps are often not. A separate map volume was created, matching the two original volumes, to hold them. The two original volumes are newly hinged and restored by a fine bookbinder. Volume I has a steel engraving of Stanley, protective tissue, 547 pp. Volume II has a second engraved portrait of Stanley, protective tissue, 540 pp. Stamp of previous owner to title pp. and verso of free front endpapers. Very good.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$565.55 + shipping
Description: In two volumes. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiv, 547; xvi, 540pp. With 3 folding maps in pockets at rear. Name, very minor rubbing o/w near fine.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$565.55 + shipping
Description: In two volumes. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiv, 547; xvi, 540pp. With 3 folding maps in pockets at rear. Bookplate, inner hinges cracked, some rubbing to cloth with wear to the foot of the spines, a very good copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$565.55 + shipping
Description: thick8vo, 22.1cm, the first US edition, in 2 volumes, xiv,[1],547 & xvi,540pp., with 2 steel engraved frontis portraits of Stanley, 43 plates & 102 illustrations from engravings, 3 rear folding pocket maps, in the original half-morrocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, gilt decorations in gilt ruled panels, the large map in volume one is fragile in the folds, with some separations and neat archival repair, one corner torn (not affecting the image), a fine set. (cgc) A classic of African exploration by the man who found Livingstone. Published shortly after his return to England, Stanley relates the story of his expedition under-taken in March 1886 to relieve Emin Pasha, Governor of the Equatorial Province of Egypt, cut off after the fall of Khartoum. The expedition was carried out through the Congo and proved to be extremely arduous and long with the meeting with Emin Pasha not taking place until April 1888 on the shores of Lake Albert. Of the 646 men that started the expedition, 246 survived. Told with Stanley's dramatic narrative style, the book includes descriptions of the pygmy tribes of the Congo, the discovery of Mount Ruwenzori and Lake Elliot, and much zoological and botanical observations. An attractive set of a classic of African exploration.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$605.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-xiv, [1], 2-547, [3]; [3], iv-xvi, 540 [2] pp. Bound in original green cloth with outline of Africa embossed on the front boards in dark green and black with gilt lettering and facsimile of Stanley's signature stamped in gold, bust of Stanley in gilt and gilt lettering on each of the spines, dark brown endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by a steel-engraved frontispiece in volume 1 with 17 full-page illustrations, numerous smaller illustrations, large folding color map in the rear pocket, and a large folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter demanding the surrender of Emin Pasha (with a few splits along the folds) also in rear pocket (not called for in the List of Illustrations). Volume two illustrated by a steel-engraved frontispiece with 26 additional full-page illustrations (one in color), numerous smaller illustrations, and a large color folding map and a small color folding map in the rear pocket. A detailed account of Stanley's Emin Pasha relief expedition from 1887 - 1889 which initially drew considerable acclaim from the English and American public, but was later subject to severe criticism for its cost and the conduct of many members of the expedition (see Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer). An attractive copy of this set, one of the best-known works on African exploration and a classic in this field. Very Good or better with rubbing to the cloth on both volumes (a bit more to the cloth of volume 1 than volume 2), but the gilt is generally bright and clean on both volumes, rear hinges barely starting in each volume, small contemporary bookplates and ownership signatures of Frank R. Northrup (dated 12/2/90) on the front pastedown and endpaper respectively of each volume.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$605.00 + shipping
Description: A classic of African exploration by the man who found Livingstone, bound in the publisher's half brown gilt morocco, all edges gilt. OCLC: 44656370 cites a Demy quarto edition de luxe, limited to 250 copies. This copy, bound in half brown gilt decorated morocco, seems to be an edition between the "de luxe" and the ordinary edition, but there is no statement within. 8vo, 2 volumes, Vol 1. xiv,[1],547. Vol. 2 xvi, 540pp, 2 frontispiece portraits of Stanley, 43 plates & 102 illustrations, 3 folding pocket maps, housed in the rear pockets of the volumes. Bound in the publishers half-morocco and marbled boards, with matching marbled endpapers. Rubbing at edges of boards, corners and spines. All edges gilt. A very desirable copy of a classic African exploration.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$640.96 + shipping
Description: In two volumes. First Canadian edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary brown half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, A.E.G., xiv, 547; xvi, 540pp. With illustraions and a map. And with 3 folding maps in pockets at rear. Maps are browned on the verso at the folds and also have some tears along the folds; binding has some slight rubbing to corners but this is o/w a near fine, attractive copy of the Canadian edition.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$747.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first US trade edition of Henry Stanley's account of his exploration of Africa and the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, bound in pictorial cloth and illustrated throughout. The first US trade edition of Welsh-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley's account of his nineteenth century explorations of Africa and the Congo. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.The expedition started in 1886 and ended in 1889, and was the last major European expedition in the deepest parts of Africa in the nineteenth century. It became infamous due to the number of deaths of the crew and the violence used, which made it the last expedition of its kind: the following expeditions would be government-led and in pursuit of political, military, or scientific goals.Collated, illustrated a portrait frontispiece to each volume, and with one-hundred and fifty full page and vignette illustrations. With two folding maps to the rear of volume II, lacking one folding maps to the rear of volume I.An impressively detailed study of this important expedition. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front joint of volume I strained, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd light spot or handling mark. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$747.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes in very good condition. Volume 1: 547 pages. Volume 2: 540 pages. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Previous owner's bookplates on the marbled endpapers. Pouches with maps at the back of each volume. Marbled page edges are lightly faded and stained. Halfbound in brown leather and marbled paper. Worn around the edges, especially on the ends of the spines. Faded on the spines. VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Henry M. Stanley. IN DARKEST AFRICA 2 VOLUME SET. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$749.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Vol. I front hinge cracked. Vol. II front hinge starting. Lean to both spines.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$749.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete in 2 vols. Original decorated green cloth. First Edition, American Issue. 3 folding maps present in pockets. A classic of African exploration involving multiple discoveries. A travel cornerstone. Bookplates and a previous owner’s name in pencil on one bookplate. A sheet with some genealogical information about the previous owners is laid into Vol. 1. Information about the previous owners can be found in the Massachusetts Historical Society Archives. Slight edge wear, Very Good Plus.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Stanley's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In very good condition, bookplate. Stanley and Emin entered Bagamoyo on their donkeys, some way ahead of their caravan, on 4 December, 1889. It was sensational news. Emin was safe, although the expedition to relieve him had cost the lives of at least 700 people. With the good journalist's facility for rapid reporting, Stanley began his account of the rescue at the Hotel Victoria, Cairo, on 25 January 1890, working on it continuously for fifty days at the rate of 20 printed pages per day. The first portion of the manuscript was delivered to the printer's on 12 March and the last proof sheet returned for printing by Clowes on 3 June. Hosken p. 189
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes approx. 44 full-page engravings (including frontispieces), approx 100 illustrations, and three color folded maps in pockets (two large, one small). "Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who had made his name after âfinding' 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 âfinding' Livingstone, Stanley continued to explore the African continent; between 1886 and 1890 he led theexpeditionfor therelief of Emin Pasha. In Darkest Africa (1890) is his account as leader of the controversial Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. The mission was plagued by violence, disease, high casualties and scandals involving Europeans members of the expedition." [British Library] Conversational in style and richly illustrated, Stanley tells the tale of the unsuccessful quest to rescue Emin Pasha. He led 400 armed men through the Congo and Ituri rain forest. Despite his failure, the book was well received and he was widely celebrated (and ultimately Knighted). There was some backlash, eventually, as some in the press suggested that the entire expedition was a thinly veiled effort to create new slave routes and pillaging ivory and the like. The library plate of the Dark Harbor Library (an affluent enclave on an island off the coast of Maine) indicates that the set was given to the library by "Mr. Player". Preston Player was a noted collector of books, maps and prints, and he and his mother had a cottage in Dark Harbor (he also owned a small island about 3 miles to sea). Dark Harbor occupies about 1/4 of the island and is largely occupied by summer 'cottages', the rest of the island is occupied by largely year-around residents. The owners of the 'cottagers' created the Dark Harbor library, separate from the public library on the island and the cottage families (largely Boston brahmin) donated books to be shared amongst themselves (there was also, for a period, a fund raised among them for buying new material. Light self/edge wear, small paper label near spine of both volumes, library book plate at front pastedown, "date loaned" label at rfep (blank), small Protect Association ticket at rfep, discrete notations at rear pastedown, else tight, bright, and unmarred; three folded maps in rear pockets show minor toning, very minor edge wear, a few small closed tears, else bright and clean. Green cloth bindings, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black ink decorative elements, brown endpages, pockets bound into both rear boards (containing maps). 8vo. xiv, [i], 547; xvi, 540pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Appendix.
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Henry M. Stanley. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's, 1890.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 2 Volumes In Green Decorative Cloth In Very Fine Condition First Editions 1890/1890 Very Scarce In This Condition The Classic on Exploring Africa Gorgeous and Fresh
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$832.50 + shipping
Description: 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xiv, 547; xvi, 540. 2 steel-engraved frontis. portraits & 4 maps (3 folding in rear pockets, 2 in colour). numerous text illus. (many full-page). contemporary half roan (a bit of wear to extremities & slight chipping or browning along some map edges). First Canadian Edition. Stanley organized and led the expedition, 1887-89, sent to rescue Emin Pasha at Wadelai on the left bank of the Nile. The German naturalist, whose real name was Eduard Schnitzer, had been appointed by Gordon to the governorship of the equatorial province, and was believed to be in grave danger following the fall of Khartoum. The route taken was from the west coast across the whole extent of the Congo State to the Nile, partly through dense tropical forest. Plagued by disease, hardship, mutiny, and poor organization, the expedition lost two-thirds of its original number, and Emin, who had reluctantly agreed to come away with Stanley, transferred himself to the German service, leaving Stanley to come home without him. Although he failed in his primary objective, Stanley made important geographical and ethnological discoveries. During the course of his journey he discovered the great snow-capped range of Ruwenzori, the Mountains of the Moon, as well as a new lake which he named the Albert Edward Nyanza, and a large south-western extension of Lake Victoria. The treaties which he concluded with various native chiefs and transferred to Sir William Mackinnons company, laid the foundation of the British East Africa Protectorate. cfHosken p. 189.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
STANLEY, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: With 44 full-page engravings, including frontispieces, plus folded maps in pockets. Original dark green pictorial covers with gilt-stamped spine; a very good copy. First American edition. Controversial and dramatically illustrated, Stanley recounts the mission to rescue Emin Pasha (Eduard Schnitzer) from his turbulent post as governor of Equatorial Sudan. Rising from obscure origins to become the famous explorer, Stanley was chosen to lead four hundred heavily armed men through the Congo and the Ituri rain forest. His troops suffered from disease and hunger, and many died on the journey, and Stanley was ultimately unsuccessful in bringing Emin back to the UK. Despite this failure, his work, In darkest Africa, became a best seller. At first Stanley was showered with awards and honorary degrees, and lectured extensively about his journey. This fame backfired, for the press began reporting accusations that the "rescue" was a front for establishing new slave routes and securing ivory. Stanley (1841-1904), born John Rowlands, was an illegitimate child raised in a Welsh workhouse. After fleeing to America, he was adopted by cotton trader Henry Hope Stanley and even fought for both the Confederate and Union armies during the Civil War. Journalism enabled him to travel across America, Turkey, and Africa, where he eventually made his name by locating the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Most famous for his explorations of the African continent, Stanley was revered as a romantic explorer despite also being known for his cruelty and disregard of African natives.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M. In Darkest Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890.
Price: US$995.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two Volumes. Original publisher's half morocco, marbled covers and end papers, all edges gilt, and a very nicely decorated gilt spine. With two steel engraved frontispiece portraits of Stanley, 150 illustrations, three folding maps tucked into pockets in the rear of both volumes. Bookplate remnants on front paste down of Volume 1. Shelf wear to bottom edges of boards, very minor fading to leather, contents fine.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1090.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: xiv, (ii), 547+(1) ; xvi, 540 pages. all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 3 map pockets. with Two Steel Engravings, One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps. In Two Volumes. First edition. In 1886, Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the governor of Equatoria in the southern Sudan. King Leopold II of Belgium demanded that Stanley take the longer route, via the Congo river, hoping to acquire more territory and perhaps even Equatoria. After immense hardships and great loss of life, Stanley met Emin in 1888, discovered the Ruwenzori Range and Lake Edward, and emerged from the interior with Emin and his surviving followers at the end of 1890. Clean tight set. Light shelfwear.
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. 2 vols, 8vo (8.75 in x 5.75 in), pp. xiv, (1), 2-547, (1); xvi, 540, 2 steel engraved frontispiece portraits, 150 illustrations and maps including two folding maps in rear pocket of volume 2, but lacking the folding map in rear pocket of vol 1. Rare publisher's gilt lettered and blind decorated brown full morocco, backs in six compartments, gilt lettered in the second and fourth, blind decorations in the rest, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with cloth inner hinges. Near fine with a bit of rubbing to the joints. Some darkening to the backs. Sheets clean, fresh, and unmarked. Small folding map with very short separation at fold, large folding map without damage. Folding map from volume 1 is lacking. Small faint old name and place stamp to several pages. H10327 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
STANLEY, Henry M.. In Darkest Africa: Volumes I & II. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: STANLEY, Henry M. Charles Scribner's Sons 1890 9" x 6.5" Or The Quest, Rescue, And Retreat Of Emin Governor Of Equatoria Volume I: [547] pp. Volume II: [540] pp. w/ two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps w/ 24-fold map of The Great Forest Region showing the roots of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza by Henry M. Stanley 23" x 31.25" w/ 16-fold map of the Root of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition through Africa
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton. In Darkest Africa.. Charles Scribner's Sons,, New York:, 1890.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two portrait steel engravings plus 150 illustrations and maps throughout both volumes. Beautifully bound in 3/4 green morocco gilt over marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine in six compartments with gilt lettering, t.e.g. Marbled endpapers and former owners nautical bookplate. In fine condition. Size: 8vo.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. With six etchings and one hundred and fifty woodcut illustrations and maps. Demy Quarto, publisher's 3/4 morocco over gilt-decorated vellum, t.e.g. First edition; No. 226 of 250 copies, signed by Henry M. Stanley. Old ink signature in each volume (two signatures in Vol. I); dampstaining to a few dozen leaves including the frontispiece portrait; etchings foxed; vellum soiled and pulling away at the areas where it meets the leather spine and corners; corners rubbed.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: Mounted photogravure portrait frontispieces of Stanley on India paper; 6 etchings printed in sepia, signed in pencil by G. Montbard; 150 woodcut illustrations, protected with tissue; 3 color folding maps, 2 of which are large linen-backed area maps; 103 in-text illustrations. 2 volumes. [2], xvi, 529; [2], xvi, 472 pages. Short thick 4tos, rebound in older 3/4 dark brown calf over plain drab boards; simple gilt-lettered spines with raised bands; uncut edges top edges gilt. New York.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Limited deluxe large-paper edition -- number 116 of 250 copies, signed by Stanley. Leather is rubbed and with some flaking at joints, still a very good(+) sturdy copy, very clean but for ownership bookplates in each volume. Account of Stanley's expedition to rescue Emin Pasha. The expedition "accomplished great things; it had made notable additions to African geography and ethnology. Stanley called for the highest qualities of leadership" (--DNB). This immensely popular account was published simultaneously in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$10450.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. Edition de Luxe. One of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by Stanley on the reverse of the half-title. With 6 etchings and 150 woodcut illustrations and 3 folding maps. Each of the etchings are signed in pencil by the artist. Large 4to, contemporary three-quarter brown morocco and with vellum covered sides, gilt lettered on the spines, gilt lettered and with gilt flag vignette on the upper covers, t.e.g. and all edges untrimmed. xv, 529; xi, 472 pp. Index in each volume. A lovely example of this rare set, the bindings unusually fresh with the morocco and vellum in an especially good state of preservation, extremely fresh and clean internally. Only a light bit of aging to the vellum, quite unusual in this condition. VERY SCARCE LIMITED EDITION OF ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE WRITINGS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPLORERS OF THE DARK CONTINENT. "By 1885 Stanley had become deeply interested in the schemes of Mr. (afterwards Sir) William Mackinnon, chairman of the British India Steam Navigation Company, for establishing a British protectorate in East Equatorial Africa, and it was believed that this object could be furthered at the same time that relief was afforded to Emin Pasha, governor of the the Equatorial Province of Egypt, who had been isolated by the Mahdist rising of 1881-1885.Instead of choosing the direct route Stanley decided to go by way of the Congo, as thereby he would be able to render services to the infant Congo State, then encountering great difficulties with the Zanzibar Arabs established on the Upper Congo" (EB). Stanley and Tippoo Tib, the chief of the Congo Arabs, entered into an agreement for the latter to assume governorship of the Stanley Falls station and supply carriers for the Emin relief expedition, and then travelled up the Congo to Bangala together. They parted ways at Stanley Falls and Stanley started his trip toward Albert Nyanza, leaving a rear-guard at Yambuya on the lower Aruwimi under the command of Major E.M. Barttelot. Stanleys journey to Albert Nyanza became a hazardous 160-day march through "nothing but miles and miles, endless miles of forest" that claimed the lives of over half of Stanleys men from starvation, disease, and hostility of the natives. Finally upon the arrival at Albert Nyanza, Stanley achieved communication with Emin but was troubled by the non-arrival of his rear-guard. He retraced his steps back to Yambuya to find that Tippoo Tib had broken faith, Barttelot had been murdered, and the camp was in disarray and only one European was left. Stanley again set out for Albert Nyanza, where Stanley, Emin Pasha, and the survivors of the rear-guard began the return journey to Zanzibar by way of Uganda, a trip during which he discovered the Mountains of the Moon (Ruwenzori), traced the course of the Semliki River, discovered Albert Edward Nyanza and the great southwestern gulf of Victorian Nyanza. Of Stanleys original 646 men, only 246 survived. This account of his adventures was wildly popular and published in six languages. This particular edition is extremely scarce in such excellent condition.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
STANLEY Henry M.. In Darkest Africa. , 1890.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: STANLEY, Henry M. In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Two volumes. Large thick quarto (10 by 12 inches), publisher's three-quarter dark brown morocco, raised bands, vellum boards, top edges gilt, uncut. $15,000.Deluxe signed limited first edition, American issue, number 39 of only 250 copies signed by Stanley, of the classic 19th-century account of African exploration. Profusely illustrated with engraved frontispieces, 38 mounted plates on India paper, six additional full-page etchings (each signed by the artist), three color folding maps (two backed in cloth), a folding table of comparative vocabularies, and numerous mounted, in-text India-prints.Perhaps no adventurer is more closely connected with Africa than Lord Stanley, whose various expeditions did more to reveal the nature of that continent than any modern explorer. His 1887 mission to relieve the besieged governor of Egypt, his last mission to Africa, ended miserably when Stanley arrived only to learn that the governor did not care to be relieved, but instead was angry at the Englishman for interfering in his affairs. This account contains the harrowing details of Stanley's journey through the nearly impenetrable Ituri, or Great Congo, Forest, which he traversed not once but three times over the course of his travels. The conditions were brutal; sometimes the expedition could achieve no more than three or four hundred yards an hour. Along the way Stanley compiled important data on the Pygmies and discovered the Ruwenzori, or "Mountains of the Moon." The perilous journey nearly cost Stanley his life, and only a third of the men with whom he set out returned alive. Published in the same year and using the same sheets as the English issue (also limited to 250 copies). Hosken, 189. Text and plates generally clean and fine, bindings mildly toned. An extremely good, handsome copy of the scarce deluxe signed edition.
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.