In Darkest Africa or The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat Of Emin Governor Of Equatoria

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Two volume set. Second printing (first published in 1890). "With two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps". Includes one folded map in the rear pocket of Vol. 1, and two folded maps in the rear pocket of Vol 2. Moderate wear to the extremities. The… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First US Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcovers, two-volume match set bound in dark green cloth, decorated on front with stamped outline of Africa and decorated in black and gilt. Volume 1 shows slightly more choose one than volume 2… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Henry Stanley's account of his exploration of Africa and the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, bound in pictorial cloth and illustrated throughout. The two volume first trade edition of Welsh-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley's account… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle. 1890. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Two volumes. Publisher's original reddish brown cloth with gilt titles and pictorial decoration to the upper boards and spines. Complete in every respect with portrait frontispiece to each volume, 4 maps (3 of which are folding) and 150 woodcut illustrations. A very good… Read more about this item

Six volumes. tall quarto (10 by 12 inches), publisher's decorative cloth , uncut. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, 3 folding maps (small professional repair to close the tear to map in volume 6), 38 plates & 6 etchings (signed by the artist), with numerous illustrations. The very scarce London subscriber's edition. Spines slightly faded but a beautiful near-fine set with bright… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition of Stanley's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In very good condition, bookplate. Stanley and Emin entered Bagamoyo on their donkeys, some way ahead of their caravan, on 4 December, 1889. It… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, 1890. First Edition. Publisher's Original Cloth. Good. Small 4to (26cm). Pictorial cloth, with gilt blocked lettering to covers and spines. Two volumes, in six divisions. The subscribers' edition. Black endpapers. To front of Vol I, "This leaf not to be bound with the Volume", stating the book, "is not obtainable from the ordinary… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston,Searle and Rivington, 1890. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 5.5" x 9. 529pp. Volume one only of a two volume set giving an account of Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition in the 1880s. Generally clean and tidy, there is a lean to the binding and both hinges are weak but holding. The… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. With 2 steel engravings and 150 illustrations and maps. With three maps in pockets at back of each volume. xiv, [ii], 547,[1] ; xvi, 540 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco with black leather title labels and marbled boards. First American Edition. With 2 steel… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston,, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes. 529pp. and 472pp.(2)pp. ads. Large folding route map of Emin relief expedition in volume I. Volume II: contains a large folding map of the routes of the Emin Pasha relief expedition from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza, a map of Emin Pasha's Province… Read more about this item

London: Sampson, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. Stanley and Emin entered Bagamoyo on their donkeys, some way ahead of their caravan, on 4 December, 1889. It was sensational news. Emin was safe, although the expedition to relieve him had cost the lives of at least 700 people. With the good journalist's facility for rapid reporting, Stanley began his account… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Two volumes, complete. Original red cloth, gilt titles, gilt and black embossed vignettes to spines and front boards, map pictorial endpapers, (9 x 6.25 inches). True First Edition, proceeding the more common American Edition of the same year. Printed by William Clowes adn Sons, London. xv, 472. Two Volumes.… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 large folding maps (one with tear at one fold), 15 plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text; a very good copy, lightly rubbed, in original red cloth gilt.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Poor with no dust jacket. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Piece missing from contents leaf with some loss of text. Large tears and foxing to folding maps. Fading and buckling to spine. 3 x 3/8" tears to cloth at head of spine. A rough reading copy. ; Colonial Edition. Complete… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1890. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first trade edition of this monumental African travel work by Henry M. Stanley, a illustrated account complete with folding maps and plates. The first trade edition.Complete in two volumes.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, fourteen plates,… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1890. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition . Hardcovers in two volumes. Stanley writes of his last African adventure (1887-89) and his rescue of Emin Pasha from the followers of Mahdi in Southern Sudan. He also writes of his encounter with … Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 2 vols, xvi, 547pp (&) xvi, 540pp, each with engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous ills., 3 folding maps in back pockets. Original green decorative gilt cloth with impressed map of Africa stamped on upper boards. Cloth rubbed, giving it a faintly whitish appearance, worn at head and tail… Read more about this item

London and New York: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington for Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. 2 volumes. Edition de Luxe. One of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by Stanley on the reverse of the half-title. With 6 etchings and 150 woodcut illustrations and 3 folding maps. Each of the etchings are… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Very Good+. 1890. Hardcover. 2-volume set, 529 and 472 pages, bound in 1/4 brown leather and marbled boards, the end-papers and page-edges are also marbled, illustrated with 150 woodcuts and maps, one large color folding map in Volume 1, two color folding maps in Volume 2 which also includes a… Read more about this item