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 [COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES] by Henry M Stanley - 1899

George Newnes, London, 1899. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Books - in Good maroon boards with illustrated front boards and spines, bevelled edges & with gilt and black lettering - some marking to the boards, some bumping and slight wearing to the extreme corners and some bumping and some wearing/fading to the extreme ends of the spines, slight sunning to the maroon background colour to the spine but the detail and lettering remains bright and distinct. VOL I. Contents, slight marking & slight browning to the occasional page, slight board colour transference to the bottom corner of the rear paste down, previous owner's name to the top edge of the half title page otherwise clean and tightly bound. VOL II. Contents, slight marking to the occasional page and some browning to the occasional page, previous owner's name to the top edge of the half title page otherwise clean and tightly bound. Size: 10 inches tall by 7 inches. xxxii, 400, xi, 419 pages which includes an index. VOL I. THE FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ALL PRESENT & CORRECT BUT ARE NOT SHOWN FACING THE CORRECT PAGE NUMBERS ON THE LIST OF ILLUSTRATION PAGE. HERE ARE THE CORRECT NUMBERS: NO 1. SHOWN AS THE FRONTISPIECE BUT IN FACT IS OPPOSITE PAGE 1. NO. 9 IS OPPOSITE 240, NO. 10 IS OPPOSITE 256, NO. 11 IS OPPOSITE 305, NO. 13 IS OPPOSITE 337, NO. 14 IS OPPOSITE 352, NO. 15 IS OPPOSITE 385 & NO. 16 IS THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATION. There are other smaller illustrations throughout the text and 5 full page maps, one large fold out map and one smaller map on page 244. VOL II. AS WITH VOL I, THE FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ALL PRESENT & CORRECT BUT ARE NOT SHOWN FACING THE CORRECT PAGE NUMBERS ON THE LIST OF ILLUSTRATION PAGE. HERE ARE THE CORRECT NUMBERS: NO. 2 IS OPPOSITE 64, NO. 4 IS OPPOSITE 97, NO. 5 IS OPPOSITE 177, NO. 7 IS OPPOSITE 241, NO. 8 IS OPPOSITE 263, NO. 11 IS OPPOSITE 293, NO. 14 IS OPPOSITE 337, NO. 16 IS OPPOSITE 385 & NO. 17 IS OPPOSITE 401. ONCE AGAIN THERE ARE MANY other smaller illustrations throughout the text. There is also a full page illustration of portraits of Henry M Stanley which has not been listed on the contents of illustration page.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8985.. THIS PAIR OF BOOKS ARE HEAVIER THAN THE AVERAGE UPON WHICH CHARGES ARE BASED AND SO WILL INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SHIPPING TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE U.K..