New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Later printing. Good. 24cm; 2 volumes: xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pages, complete with 2 steel engravings, 43 full-page wood engravings, and 3 folded maps in rear pockets. Numerous in-text wood engravings. Bound in original duotone green cloth stamped with the outline of Africa and titled in gilt. Gilt portrait of Stanley on spines. Remarkably well preserved, with light shelf wear only. Lower hinges tender or splitting. Owner's name in pencil on front pastedown.

Nicknamed "breaker of Rocks" by the Congolese, Stanley brought fine European cruelty and murderous racism to Congo and became a hero for it.

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In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley, readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria are his account of what happened.

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Bookseller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4043
Title: In Darkest Africa.
Author: Stanley, Henry M
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1891
Keywords: Southern Africa Equatorial Africa Congo exploration travel
Bookseller catalogs: Journeys and Destinations;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...