Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Large hardcover, Good with chipping to spine ends, slight hinge crack, shelf wear and toning, corners bumped. Illustrated after photographs. Map in rear pocket.
Seller: Winged Monkey Books, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$562.50 + shipping
Description: First edition in English, large 8vo, pp. xviii, 597, [1]; folding map in back cover pocket, gravure frontispiece portrait, 32 plates, 50 illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt, white and black; spine ends chipped, small break in the cloth on the lower joint, one gathering extended; all else good and sound, or better. Czech, Africa, p. 128: "A German counterpart to Henry M. Stanley's notable work, In Darkest Africa, this represents Peters' journey to find Emin Pasha on the Upper Nile, but approach from Africa's east coast . This work is wonderfully illustrated, particularly regarding the battles waged between the expedition and hostile tribes."
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1679.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. original pictorial red cloth gilt (slight sunning to spine and upper board, a trifle rubbed, occ. spots, prev. owner's name and discreet blindstamp to prelims., occ. creasing to corner of final leaves, else clean & bright throughout); pp. xviii, 598 (last blank), with numerous illustrations and folding colour map in rear pocket. Heavy item (2.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy of a scarce book. An account of the 1888-1890 German expedition mounted for the relief of Emin Pasha, German born governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria, trapped by the Mahdist uprising in Sudan since 1881. Although unsuccessful in reaching Emin Pasha, the expedition was a pretext for the extension of German influence into Uganda and Southern Sudan.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia