Through the Dark continent or The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone river to the Atlantic ocean Volume 2 1878 by Henry M. Stanley - 2016

Harper & Brothers, 1878. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. **Volume 1 only.** Binding poor, leather separating. In plastic jacket. Library bookplate.

George Newnes, 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Half bound black leather with black cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Front board is detached. Two volumes bound together. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Front board is detached.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1890;. New and Cheaper One Volume Edition; Hbk; Good/ No dj; vii, 658pp with folding Map and many delightful wood-engraving Illustrations; Heavy foxing to prelims, internally clear, small crack on internal hinge but firm. Blue pictorial covers lightly scuffed with light edge wear. "Travel account of his explorations in Equatorial Africa." z .

Harper & Brothers, 1878-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . 1st U.S. edition, 2-volume set. Illustrated green cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean. Includes folded map in volume 1. Ex-library copy with usual markings, from an uncirculating museum research library. Signature of former owner on the front free endpapers.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rare copy of the 1890 new and cheaper edition. Attractive pictorial boards with gilt rowing boat and black Nile scene. Gilt lettering to spine. Red cloth boards. Spine has faded and is bumped and split at the top. Front hinge is beginning to crack, otherwise good. Pages are age-tanned but clean. Front tissue guard is foxed as is title page. Numerous black and white engravings. A fascinating account on Stanley's travels in Africa. 1890

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1878. 2 volumes. The American issue of the first edition, first issue with date on If title-page. Numerous illustrations and maps throughout, including 34 full page plates and two very large folding maps in rear pockets of each volume. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original forest green cloth pictorially decorated in an overall elaborate design incorporating vibrant colours and gilt, spines similarly decorated and blocked. xiv, 522; ix, 566 pp. A reading set, the volumes have some age wear to the tips and edges, inner hinges of Vol. I separated, some stains from water to a few of the preliminary leaves of Vol. I, some staining from water to the upper quadrant of the text-block in Vol. II, some internal wear, the large folding maps in quite good order with a bit of the usual splitting at the folds but generally speaking, very well preserved, clean and probably never unfolded. The cloth is still rather clean and handsome, the gilt and red decorations stand well, a… Read More

London: George Newnes, Limited, Soutrhampton Street, Strand, 1899. Illus. 400; 418pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters modern mottled calf and marbled boards. Fine. Illus. 400; 418pp. 1 vols. 4to. Howgego IV, S59

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. The New One Volume edition. Illustrated with 12 engraved full-page plates and with a profusion of woodblocks throughout as well as a folding map of equatorial Africa. Thick 8vo, in a very fine prize binding of full polished green calf, the covers gilt framed and the upper cover with a central gilt emblem, the spine with elaborate and handsome gilt-tooled panels within compartments between gilt stippled raised bands, additional gilt scallops at the tail, one compartment with a maroon morocco label gilt lettered, board edges and turn-ins nicely gilt decorated, endpapers and page edges marbled. xx, 658pp., map. A very handsome and well preserved copy in nicely executed full calf, the hinges tight and strong, the text-block clean with only a little spotting to the prelims and that quite light, the folding map in nice condition. A VERY HANDSOME PRIZE COPY OF STANLEY'S GREAT WORK. After the death of Livingstone, Stanley resolved to return… Read More

London: George Newnes Limited . Lovely Two Volume Set with a New Preface by the Author especially written for this Edition.It's a superb two volume set.The Half-Titles are present and with frontispiece portraits (after walery in the first volume and lovely portrait of Stanley in costume and two further portraits of Stanely taken before his departure to Africa in 1874 and then emerging from Africa in 1877.Volume one has some 16 full-page plates with 42 smaller illustrations in the text and seven maps full page and one of which is a very large map showing the outline Stanley's route.Volume number two shows a list of the illustrations at the front of the book and these include 17 full-page illustrations and 72 smaller illustrations set mostly and wrapped around the text.There are NO previous names or inscriptions present but with one school prize plate of St Thomas's School in Lancaster present to the front pastedown of Volume One.The really attractive cloth boards are in burgundy with… Read More

London: George Newnes Limited . Revised Edition with a New Preface by the Author especially written for this Edition.It's a superb two volume set and it's hard to imagine you better this in terms of condition,with clean endpapers free from inscriptions,Half-Titles are present and with frontispiece portraits (after walery in the first volume and lovely portrait of Stanley in costume and two further portaits of Stanely taken before his departure to Africa in 1874 and then emerging from Africa in 1877.Volume one has some 16 full-page plates with 42 smaller illustrations in the text and seven maps full page and one of which is a very large map showing the outline Stanley's route.Volume number two shows a list of the illustrations at the front of the book and these include 17 full-page illustrations and 72 smaller illustrations set mostly and wrapped around the text.The attractive cloth boards are in burgundy with gilt stamped designs to the front covers with palm tree to the edges,there are… Read More