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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. Hardcover. First American Edition. xvii, 551 pp. Octavo. No dust-jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering and design on facade and spine. Trimmed edges. Gilt top edge. Top right corner of front paste-down contains Lady (Dorothy) Stanley's presentation card, not dated. Half-title included. B/W frontispiece showcases portrait of Henry M. Stanley as of 1890, protected by original frontis tissue. 16 further B/W illustrations throughout, all protected by original tissue. A colour folding map of Africa, showing Henry Stanley's journeys, at rear. Dorothy Stanley's editor's preface included. Novel concludes with a list of books written by Henry M. Stanley, as well as an index. Fore-edge slightly foxed. Front hinge is becoming loose. Top edge of spine shows minor wear. Front paste-down shows minor foxing. All illustrations and map undamaged. Rare presentation card is undamaged. Internally unmarked. A very nice copy of the first American…
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Houghton Mifflin, 1/1/1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine copy. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Gold lettering, map of Africa on front, Bula-Matari. [v]-xvii, 551 pages plates, map 24 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Book plate remanant inside cover. Contents: The workhouse --Adrift --At sea --At work --I find a father --Adrift again --Soldiering --Shiloh --Prisoner of war --Journalism --West and East --A roving commission --The finding of Livingstone --England and Coomassie --Through the dark continent --Founding the Congo state --The rescue of Emin --Work in review --Europe again --The happy haven --Politics and friends --In Parliament --South Africa --Farewell to Parliament --Furze Hill --The close of life --Thoughts from note-books.
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