H M Stanley

London: W. & R.Chambers Ltd., 1955 VG/VG. 8vo. original brick red cloth gilt with spine label (edges a bit rubbed, some spotting to leaf edges & endpapers, occ. other marks internally) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little grubby with slight wear to extremities); pp. xvi, 184, with 2 portraits, 12 plates & facsimiles + 2 maps. A very good copy.. First… Read more about this item

New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Preface by Denzil M. Stanley. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), some soiling to the back panel. Red buckram with a green ink panel and gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

London, Chambers, nd ( Inscription dated 1952). !st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Very good. SIGNED --"A Lady Ramsay-Steel Maitland avec Mon amitie Albert Maurice Bruxelles 1952." xvi, 183pp with Illustrations & maps. Light foxing to endpapers with faint sellotape mark s. Red covers with title on spine. Dust jacket has price intact. " The letters… Read more about this item

New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. 183pp/illus/maps. First edition, no other printings listed. The unpublished letters of Stanley as he attempts to contruct three stations in the Congo, lauch a steamer, and maintain communications with the sea. These letters begin as he recovers from a serious illiness. The letter speak of a man of great strenght and determination. . First… Read more about this item

W&R Chambers 1957 (?). Ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Philosophical Library, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.