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IN DARKEST AFRICA [TWO VOLUME SET] Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of  Emin Governor of Equatoria

IN DARKEST AFRICA [TWO VOLUME SET] Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria

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IN DARKEST AFRICA [TWO VOLUME SET] Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria

by Stanley, Henry M

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1891. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on first blank pages. Volume 1: Front hinge has a bit of play. Small closed tear to front free endpaper. Small dark stain on first few pages, not affecting text or pictures. Volume 2: Front hinge started. Else a very handsome set. ; Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and blindstamped map of Africa. Including three folding maps in rear pockets. Two steel engraved frontispieces and 105 b&w illustrations and maps. This edition was issued one year later after the first edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 547, 540 pages .

Synopsis

In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley, readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria are his account of what happened.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
20719
Title
IN DARKEST AFRICA [TWO VOLUME SET] Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
Author
Stanley, Henry M
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good-
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1891
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Africa;
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The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore grew out of The Complete Traveller Bookstore, the first travel bookstore in the United States. Owners Harriet and Arnold Greenberg were (and are) travel writers and Arnold, a life-long collector of antiquarian books. Many customers have combined their purchases of new guidebooks with editions of older classics. While the largest number of titles in the Antiquarian Bookstore are travel related, our collections include many first editions of fiction and literature, and even some unusual children's books. Those of you who have visited our store have seen one of the country's premier collections of authentic Baedekers. The small red-covered books are considered the first modern travel guides and are treasured for their great historic detail and fold out maps throughout. From the rare "Indien" to the prosaic "Central Italy," we have them all. We are proud of our rapidly expanding collection of rare titles dealing with the history, culture, peoples and communities of New York City and New York State. Other specialties include: The A&C Black Twenty Shilling series--books to far-flung destinations that are filled with scores of colorful illustrations. And, the state and city guides of the American Guide Series, a depression-era project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and written by many who later became renowned.

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