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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Kelsey (D.M.) and arranged by Henry M. Stanley:

Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa

Being an Edition from Mr. Stanley's Late Personal Writings on The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition and Discoveries in the Dark Continent, with Other Matter from the Works of His Companions and Predecessors.

Published: Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, 1905

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $160

Approximately:

Estimate: $320-340

Bidding opens: 14 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Nov 16:30 GMT

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1 volume. First edition 1902.

Stanley's Story or Through the Wilds of Africa.

Title page with Stanley's letter-crest "The Dark Continent".

250 illustrations [mostly full-page]. 

Publishers red pictorial cover.

Two cover vignettes.

Embossed title with vignette to spine.

xix, 583 pages.

Full-page and in-text plates.

Bookplate on inside front cover.

From the library R. & L. Spigel 1902.

A long list of explorers and adventurers from Bruce

to Emin Pasha are included in the publication. 

Recorded shipping weight 1500g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 21.5 x 16 cm


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