Shelf Lot: Vintage Travel, Africa, Congo, Stanley, etc.

Exploration & exploitation : Selection of books on Africa including 19th century works by Henry M. Stanley and an inscribed copy of Henry M Field, on the desert: a narrative of travel from Egypt through the wilderness of Sinai to Palestine. London, 1888. Inscription is dated 1895.

Condition is good or better, some covers rubbed or stained, a few hinges starting.

Includes:  

Stanley, Henry M. The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration. New York: Harper, 1885. 2 vols. Each volume includes a map in a pocket at the end. Original decorative cloth binding, hinges starting, covers stained.

Field, Henry M. On the Desert: A Narrative of Travel from Egypt through the Wilderness of Sinai to Palestine. London: Nelson, 1888. Illustrated edition. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "To our dear Ella, from her father's friend and her friend, Henry M. Field February 14, 1895."

Blaikie, William Garden. The Personal Life of David Livingstone. 2nd edition. London: Murray, 1881.

In all, over 10 titles.  See images.