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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Werner (J.R.)

A VISIT TO STANLEY’S REAR-GUARD

Published: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1889

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At Major Barttelot’s Camp on the Aruhwimi. With an Account of River-Life on the Congo.

 

xvi, 337 pages, frontispiece portrait of Stanley, 17 plates including a map of Stanley Falls district and a plan of Aruhwimi Camp, colour folding map of Congo and Its Tributaries at the end, full dark blue card with gilt borders and the gilt medallion of Aird House, Merchiston, Edinburgh on the upper cover, spine titled and decorated gilt in panels, marbled endpaper and edges. The leather is slightly worn along the edges, a very good copy.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (200 x 140 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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