In Darkest Africa or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria

London St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C.: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivinton Limited, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. STANLEY Henry M. HARDY P. SCHONBERG. FORESTER. MONTBARD. HALL. OXENHAM. CARRERAS. etc. Ink signed & dated by Stanley, with one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps. Two volumes in the publishers printed red cloth, gilt titles & black ink illustrations, corners bumped slightly. Spines gilt titles, edges bumped. Map end papers to both volumes. Vol 1, 1890, group portrait frontis (with guard), [3], (iv-xv), [1], [1], 2-529 pp, [1], large folding map (coloured), with stamp (WH)? to verso, loose at fpd, 15 full page illustrations, 59 illustrations within text, ink owners stamp to tp (HW?), 2 small brass fittings supporting the elastic map holder to front board, almost invisible cloth edge repair at spine, ink owners name to verso frontis (Clive Christie, Cambridge). Vol 2, 1890, portrait frontis with guard), [3], (iv-xv), [1], [1], 2-472 pp, [2] adverts, ink signature w/date May? 61/90 to frontis (not stamped), 3 maps (coloured, 2 folding), 26 full page & 46 illustrations within text, ink ownership signature to fep (William Farkinson?). Some light spotting. (221*144 mm). ([Hosken p.189). Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who had made his name after 'finding' 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 'finding' Livingstone, Stanley continued to explore the African 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. The mission was plagued by violence, disease, high casualties and scandals involving Europeans members of the expedition.