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H.M. Stanley Through the Dark Continent: Heading: 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 Pla

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Through the Dark Continent, by Stanley, 2 vols.: STANLEY, HENRY, M. 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, Vols. I-II. New York: Harpe

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Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904) Through the Dark: Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904) Through the Dark Continent and Two Other Titles. First American trade edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878, in two quarto volumes, illustrated, folded maps

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[FLEURON]. SIMON, Oliver and Stanley MORISON, editors.: [FLEURON]. SIMON, Oliver and Stanley MORISON, editors. The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography. Vols.I-IV: London: The Fleuron, 1923- 1925. Vols.V-VII: Cambridge: University Press and Garden City, NY: Do

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(AFRICA.) Two hand-colored double-page engraved eighteenth-century maps of the continent.: (AFRICA.) Two hand-colored double-page engraved eighteenth-century maps of the continent. Nuremberg, 1715-1730s - Homann Heirs. Africa Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae. 20¾x24¼

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Heading:
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, [1], 566 + 2 ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings and plates; 10 maps (4 of them folding, 2 of which are loose in rear endpaper pockets). 22.25x14 cm (8¾x5¾"), original pictorial green cloth with lettering and 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.

Condition

Rubbing to cloth with some fraying at spine ends and corners, some flaking and scuffing to illustrated cloth; hinges cracked, bindings shaken; loose maps with some splits and repairs/reinforcements from reverse; good or better.

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Stanley, Through the Dark Continent

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