Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards worn on edges, corners top and base of spine, folds,and hinges. boards some writing in ink and peeled away bookplate and board paper. Library markings heel of spine. Hinge starting. No map. Ex-library. 483 pages.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State Vol. 1. Harper and Brothers, 1885.
Price: US$72.21 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: US orders ship with signature confirmation. VOL 1 ONLY. 1885 Harper and Brothers hardcover. Lettering faded from spine, some rubbing and a lot of staining on cover, discard stamp on eps, separation on title page, pages iv-v and xiv-xv of preface, back ep, starting on front ep, owner's name on front ep, staining on eps and some pages, pages tanned, the first of the four maps is missing, fraying on top edge of map 2, for all that, binding good, still quite readable. Oversize book - extra shipping charges will apply for international and priority orders as this will not fit into a flat rate envelope.
Seller: Dave's Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
. Women's Tennis print 1885 Henry Stanley cover Harper's Gilded Age issue Nast art. , 1885.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization.(Old Periodicals, 19th Century Newspapers, Americana, Harper's Weekly, Gilded Age, Illustrated Newspapers, Tennis, Women's Sports, Thomas Nast, Political Cartoons). Issued July 11th, 1885, New York, by Harper & Brothers. An actual piece of American history issued during the Gilded Age. Filled with commentary and wood engraved images, issued contemporary to the events. Original late-19th century weekly newspaper. An actual, complete newspaper published at the date listed, not a modern re-issue. During this period, this journal was a major, influential national publication which employed many of the top artists of the era. Paper uniformly age toned as typical, some pages loose. Issue was once bound up in a volume and is now free-standing and complete unto itself as originally issued. Nice looking, clean, well preserved example, pages loosened, any age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. Text on reverse of each page as always, images and maps from Harper's like this are often offered separately for display. Newspaper measures c. 16" H x 11" W. Periodical will be shipped gently rolled in a sturdy 3" wide tube to ensure it arrives safely to you! Multiple issues purchased at the same time will be shipped flat.[B10005]. The front page is an illustration of 'Henry M. Stanley'. Inside is a terrific full pg: 'Lawn Tennis In Prospect Park' shows women playing & is very displayable; a full page of "Sketches on the Congo"; Half pg: 'Sketches of Garden City'; a 3/4 page "A Dolphin and a Monkey Time" by Thomas Nast and more.
Seller: RareMapsandBooks, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hinges starting, title page loose on Vol 1, heavy rubbing to all extremities, front covers fairly bright but soiled, some fading to the spine lettering and decorations, folded maps are present and intact but with internal tears at folds. Extra shipping cost for priority or international.
Seller: Ron Griswold Books North, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: ex libris, but without ticket or wallet; covers and spines bumped and rubbed; front cover starting from binding; no maps in either volume; otherwise good complete text
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in olive cloth, lettered in gilt, illus. in gilt, white, brown, and rust. 1st ed. (matching dates). xxvii,528 + x,483,12 pp., 100+ illus., 2 large maps. Cover cloth modestly soiled/darkened by age, spine panels somewhat tanned and dulled. Mild rubbing to corners and spine extremities, minor rubbing to joints. Mended hinges, Vol. I lacking rear flyleaf. Both maps intact, with minor separation at a few fold junctures and mild tanning. Tanned text block edges, Vol. I stained along upper text block fore-edge, bleeding into margins to 1/4-3/8" through latter half of interior. Former owner signature, dated 1886, on front blank of each volume. Overall, some cosmetic issues, but a solid set. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 528 & 483 pages, 2 volumes, illustrations, 2 folding maps, woodcuts, Fine 2 volume set in original blue cloth with gold stamping. Very nice matching set.
Seller: Stan Clark Military Books, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards a bit sunned and lightly soiled. Volume I: Hinges cracked and map at rear loose but present. Internally NF including maps and with binding tight ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 528, 483 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$438.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two-volume set. Ex-library copies, but the ONLY library markings are an inked note on the front pastedown of each volume stating "---- Public Library". No other internal or external library markings. Both volumes have been rebound in the distant past; tastefully done in matching maroon cloth with gilt lettering in black box on spines. Not what you would expect from a typical library rebinding; so probably not done by a library. Cloth is lightly sunned, and there is a bit of very light rubbing at the spine extremities and tips of corners. Else bindings clean. Hinges are intact and strong. Page edges and endpapers are a bit age-darkened. Pages perhaps just a bit age-toned. 1/4" mostly closed tear at top edge of the title page in V2. Else pages clean. All plates present and clean. 3 folding maps within text, and 2 large folding maps at rear are present. 1st first map within the text of V1 is completely separated along the outer fold. There is some edgewear along one edge of the tear, but could be repaired with little loss. There is a bit of dampstain along the very bottom edge of the other 2 foldout maps in V; not affecting image. There is just a bit of very light edgewear to large folding maps at rear. Else maps are very slightly age-toned (similar to the pages) , but clean. Overall quite a nice set. ; B&W Illustrations; EXH12C; Ex-Library
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. 2 volumes. xxvii, (1), 528; x, 483, (1)pp. Index. Plus 44 unnumbered woodcut plates and at rear of Vol. 2, a 12pp. publisher's catalog. Pictorial green cloth stamped in brown, red, blue and gilt. Two large color folding maps are housed in a rear pocket of each volume (maps have minor, age related, separations at creases, but without any losses). In addition to the 44 plates there are a total of 76 text woodcuts, including some smaller maps. Both covers with light soiling from handling and light shelfwear at bottom edges. Both title pages have faintly embossed round library stamps and library rubber stamps on versos. Title page of Volume 1 separated. Library donation bookplates on front pastedowns, library pockets pasted down at rear, and library call letters are inked in white at the foot of each volume. Contents: Vol. 1. Previous history of the Congo ; The political history of Congo-land ; The sequel to the book, "Through the dark continent" ; The African International Association ; En route to the Congo ; Banana Point ; Up the "mighty" Congo ; Up the Congo: from Boma to Vivi ; The founding of Vivi: a story of work ; Vivi to Isangila: a reconnaissance ; Vivi to Isangila: road-making, a curious chapter ; Vivi to Isangila ; Between the Cataract Regions: to Manyanga ; Fever at Manyanga ; A reconnaissance to Stanley Pool ; Ngalyema of Ntamo ; Settlement at Stanley Pool ; The founding of Léopoldville ; Up the Congo to Lake Léopold II ; Discovery of Lake Léopold II ; Return to Europe ; Condition of affairs on the Congo ; To Stanley Pool ; To Bolobo -- Vol. 2. To the Black River ; From the Black River to Stanley Pool and back to Equator Station ; To the Aruwimi or Biyerré ; Up the Biyerré ; To Stanley Falls ; Down the Congo to Stanley Pool ; Return to Vivi ; To Ostend ; Europeans in Africa ; Climate ; The kernel of the argument ; The Berlin Conference. (OCLC).
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: With frontispiece in each volume, 5 colored maps (including 2 very large folding maps in the pocket to each volume) 42 full-page engraved plates and dozens of text woodcuts. The folding maps are in excellent condition, without tears. Original publisher's decorated cloth, very minor smudging but with bright colors; interior absolutely excellent. Withdrawn from the New Jersey Historical Society, with their bookplate indicating a gift from Marcus S. Ward and their inconspicuous blindstamp on each title. A wonderful copy. First American edition, published the same time in London. Already a famous explorer, Stanley was approached by King Leopold II of the Belgians to assist in opening up the Congo region for development and "westernization," although his main intent was to exploit the natural resources of the region for himself. Between 1879 and 1894, Stanley built a road from the lower Congo to Stanley Pool, launching steamers on the upper river. Despite entering into treaties with local chieftains, he assisted Leopold to fully exploit the entire area, often with cruel acts against the indigenous population (including his own porters). In this, his journalistic recitation of his time spent there, he details the social and economic evolution of the area in the creation of the Congo Free State. Stanley (1841-1904), though born in Wales, spent many years in the United States, actually fighting in the Civil War for both the Confederate and Union armies. Most famous for his exploration of the African Continent and his locating the missionary and explorer David Livingstone, he was revered as a romantic explorer and journalist 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.
Price: US$862.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. Large 8vo. xxvii, 528; x, 483pp. Index, Ads. Probably printed in England for Harpers at the same time as the Sampson, Low issue. Pagination is identical and the setting appears to be as well. Illustrated with over 100 full-page plates and in-text drawings, folding maps, large maps in the pockets of each volume. Original green cloth blocked in red, black, brown and gilt on the spines and upper covers in pictorial designs. Spines darkened, light wear to the hinges and edges, one map with some roughness along the edge, else a very good set. .
Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$937.12 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two-volume set in original olive green decorative gilt stamped and colour-printed cloth hard covers. Some slight dulling to colours on spine; mild shelf-wear to covers. Edges toned. Front endpaper in Volume 2 creased; rear endpaper in Volume 1 a little chipped on fore-edge. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound, bright and handsome set. Slight wear at folds of folding maps in rear pockets. Illustrated; folding maps, including those in rear pockets, all present as listed. Publisher's catalogue at rear of Volume 2. xxviii,528;x,483+12[cat.]pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Stanley, Henry M.. THE CONGO AND THE FOUNDING OF ITS FREE STATE. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1885.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of this first-hand account of Henry M. Stanley's years traveling the Congo in the service of the colonial aspirations of Belgium. After making his name by "finding" David Livingstone in Africa in 1871, journalist Henry M. Stanley continued to capitalize on the idea of African exploration. In THE CONGO AND THE FOUNDING OF ITS FREE STATE, Stanley describes his time working as a colonial agent for King Leopold II of Belgium, assessing the resources of the land and brokering treaties with local leaders. Included are accounts of his dire bouts with illness, efforts to plan a route for a railroad, and large passages of often racist anthropological descriptions of the peoples he encountered along the way. THE CONGO AND THE FOUNDING OF ITS FREE STATE is an important snapshot of the European empire-building mindset of the late 19th century. Two volumes, 9'' x 5.75'' each. Original green pictorial cloth bindings with gilt lettering. brown endpapers. Full-page pictorial frontispieces with tissue guards; black-and-white plates and in-text illustrations throughout. Each volume with fold-out map in pocket to rear. 528; 484 pages, vol. 2 with index and 12 pages of ads to rear. Gift inscription to James E. Bayliss, dated 1894, to first blank of vol. 1; ownership inscription of James E. Bayliss to first blank of vol. 2. Bindings with some edgewear, bumping to corners and spine ends; mild sunning to spine. Scattered foxing to markins of leaves; spines cracked at a couple of openings. Clean and bright overall.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: Two handsome volumes, splendidly bound in highly decorated finely woven green cloth. With bright gilt lettering and striking decoration of the British Crown & Lion on a shield adorned with a bejeweled African woman perched on the edge of the escutcheon, her arms flowing into the laurel wreath that surrounds the British crown. The gilt and design on the spine are sunfaded. Very sturdy and tight volumes. With the signature in pencil of "Adelaide C. Hill" on the front endpapers of both volumes. With the armorial bookplate of noted Boston Architect Clarence F. Blackall on the front paste-downs. Note: Clarence Howard Blackall(1857 1942) was a Boston architect who is estimated to have designed 300 theatres. His designs include theColonial Theatre,Wilbur Theatre, Modern and Metropolitan (now theWang Centerfor Performing Arts) theatres. The volumes are profusely illustrated with over one hundred full-page plates and in-text drawings, multi-folding maps, as well as with the 3 very large maps folded into the binding pockets at the rear of the books. The maps have tears and holes missing at numerous corners but are all there. With the Index and 12 pages of ads at the end of volume II. 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. This two-volume work of exploration, history, and socio-political-economy is the result of Stanley's expedition up the Congo River in 1879-84 and his attempts to re-open the interior for King Leopold of Belgium. From this journey came the establishment of the Congo State, the first free commercial state in Equatorial Africa. Henry Stanley was one of the most popular figures of the 19th Century. Adventurer, explorer and rescuer-- the public could not get enough of this romantic figure. In true Victorian style, this volume highlights his greatest achievements, his rescues of Livingstone and Emin Pasha and his aid in establishing the Congo Free State. (Buddenbrooks) The presumed Second Edition with no dates on the title pages, but with the copyright dates of 1885 on each volume.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
HENRY M. STANLEY. THE CONGO [Two Volumes]. Harper & Brothers, N.Y., 1885.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes, First American Edition. A very nice set in very good plus condition. Both volumes are very tight. No cracked hinges. Rubbing to cloth, top and bottom of spine and to corners. Both maps, one in each pocket of each book are in excellent condition. Bookplate appears in ea. volume. No signatures. Frontispiece in ea. volume with tissue guard. Over one hundred full-page and smaller illustrations.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. xxvii, 528; x, 483pp. with 12 pages of ads at rear. Original green cloth stamped in gilt, white, red, black, and white. Near Fine set with both large maps in rear pockets, all illustrations and other fold-out maps, bright gilt, internally clean and bright. Light rubbing to edges, tiny stain to front cover, a bit of foxing to edges. Hinges at front a bit free, boards slightly curved. An excellent set of the Victorian-era adventurer's lavishly illustrated African travelogue and history (including his famous rescue of Dr. Livingston), scarce in such nice shape.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xxvii, [2], 2-528, [2]; [3], iv-x, [1], 2-483, [3] pp. Original green publisher's cloth with gold lettering and decorations in red, gold, silver, and brown on the front board and spine. Illustrated by an engraved frontispiece in volume 1 with 23 additional wood-engraved plates, numerous smaller illustrations, and a large folding color map in the rear pocket, and three additional folding maps. Volume two is illustrated by a photogravure frontispiece with 18 additional wood-engraved plates (note that p. 163 is a full page illustration, not a plate, but is often counted as such; all plates called for are present), numerous smaller illustrations, and a large color folding map in the rear pocket. A detailed account of Stanley's expedition on the Congo River from 1879 - 1884 and his work to establish the "Congo Free State" on behalf of King Leopold II of Belgium (there is much recent scholarship on Stanley's views and approach to his work versus those of Leopold; see Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer for many new and interesting discoveries). An attractive set of this essential work in the history of the European colonization of Central Africa and the Congo Basin. A Very Good or better set with minor age darkening to the boards and some dusting to the top textblock, small tear to the tissue guard of volume one.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Henry M. Stanley. The Congo and the Founding of its Free State. Harper & Brothers, 1885.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER IN 3/4 CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH MARBLED BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - LARGE FOLD OUTS, BOOKS MEASURE 9.25"x6.75". FIRST EDITION, 135 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN SCARCE LEATHER BINDING.
Seller: Reagan's Rare Books, Moseley, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2145.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. First edition, probably printed in England for Harpers at the same time as the Sampson, Low issue. Pagination is identical and the setting appears to be as well. Profusely illustrated with over one hundred full-page plates and in-text drawings, multi-folding maps, as well as with very large maps folded into the binding pockets at the rear of the books. 8vo, publishers original light green cloth, lavishly decorated with all-over pictorial designs in gilt, red, black, green and other colours on the spines and upper covers. xxvii, 528; x, 483. Index, 12 ads. About as fine a copy as one could hope to see. An unusually nice set of this scarce book. Very tight and clean copies, probably unused and as pristine, corners, covers, tips, all in excellent condition. Very rare thus. THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF STANLEYS IMPORTANT AND POPULAR WORK ON THE FOUNDING OF THE CONGO FREE STATE. This two-volume work of exploration, history, and socio-political-economy is the result of Stanley's expedition up the Congo River in 1879-84 and his attempts to re-open the interior for King Leopold of Belgium. From this journey came the establishment of the Congo State, the first free commercial state in Equatorial Africa. Henry Stanley was one of the most popular figures of the 19th Century. Adventurer, explorer and rescuer-- the public could not get enough of this romantic figure. In true Victorian style, this volume highlights his greatest achievements, his rescues of LIvingstone and Emin Pasha and his aid in establishing the Congo Free State. Sets of this important work in original cloth have become exceeding difficult to obtain. First editions are now especially elusive.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.