In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. By Henry M. Stanley, D.C.L. Oxon., LL.D. Edin. With One Hundred and Sixty-Five Woodcut Illustrations and Maps. In Two Volumes. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890.
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FIRST EDITION. In the far rarer six larger format cloth bindings which were intended to be discarded so as to be bound in the usual two volumes. This was the subscriber's edition, not available from ordinary booksellers at the time. This is a significantly better example than as typically encountered.
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Size: 180 x 258 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[(1), 1ff., frontis, t.p., v-xxxii, foldout map, 144pp., 2 plates, (1)]; [(1), plate, pp.161-336, (1)]; [(1), plate, pp.337-512, (1)]; [(1), pp.513-529, 1pp., t.p., iii-xv, plate, 144pp., foldout map, (1)]; [(1), plate, pp.145-320, plate, (1)]; [(1), plate, pp.321-462, foldout map, pp.463-472, t.p., iii-xv, (1)].
Full red publisher's cloth with character designs. Bindings lightly worn with some rubbing and scuffing. Spines a little sunned. Shelf and edge wear. Page edges foxed with some marks. Shelf lean. Text blocks very clean with light toning and occasional foxing. One leaf loose in volume six, unnumbered, possibly associated ephemeral material rather than part of the book as published. Sticker attached to rear pastedown in all volumes, pictured in the final photo.
[OCLC 1022074326, 1022114731].
