Through the Dark Continent (1878)

Through the Dark Continent or the Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. By Henry M. Stanley. In Two Volumes. Maps and Illustrations. Hardcover. Both Volumes rebound in dark brown full-leather, gilt titling to spines, spines each show four raised bands, new endpapers, text-block edges age-toned, top and front text-block edges untrimmed, some foxing to title pages and tissue guards. Occasional light foxing throughout. Volume I: pp. frontis (with original tissue guard) + prelims + 522 + 16 full-page illustrations (incl. frontis) + 5 maps. Lacking fold-out map of Eastern Half of Equatorial Africa, originally in rear end-pocket. Several in-text illustrations. Volume II:  pp. frontis (with original tissue guard) + prelims + 566 + 32 publisher's ads (p. 31/32 torn, piece missing) + 3 maps of which 2 are fold-out + 17 of the original 18 (incl. frontis) full-page illustrations. Fold-out maps show some light foxing. Lacking fold-out map of Eastern Half of Equatorial Africa, originally in rear end-pocket. Several in-text illustrations. Spotting on bottom text block edge.