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H.M. Stanley Through the Dark Continent

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Author: Stanley, Henry M.
Title: 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
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1878
Description:

2 volumes. xiv, 522; ix, 566 + 2 ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings & plates; 10 maps (3 of them folding, 2 of which are loose in rear endpaper pockets). 22.25x14 cm (8¾x5¾"), original pictorial green cloth with lettering & highlights in gilt. First American Edition.

Stanley returns to Africa following the death of David Livingstone. One of the more attractive of the works produced by the most renowned, if not greatest, of the 19th century explorers of Africa.

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Moderate wear and rubbing, with some fraying; hinges cracked on both volumes; pages toned, some sprung pages and tender signatures; maps brittle with tears and fold splits; very good.

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