1st Ed. 2 vols. xv + 529pp. + xv + 472pp. + [ii]. publ. adverts. 38 plates, numerous ills., 3 folding maps (1 with minor repair to hinge), colour profile, folding appendix. Some light browning, upper hinge to vol. 1. sl. cracked, original bright gilt lettered pictorial cloth, spines bumped and baggy to head. One of the best travel books ever written. Stanley was not only the deliverer of Livingstone, but also one of the founders of Tanganyika. In incident, suffering and privation, this was perhaps the most extraordinary of all journeys in Africa. Stanley's course was up the Congo, and its Northern tributaries, through the terrible Central Forest, among the Pygmies to Ruwenzoro, Lake Albert Edward and Albert Nyanzas; homeward through Unjoro to the East Coast at Zanzibar. US$446.

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Title

IN DARKEST AFRICA Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria.

Publisher

Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington

Publication Date

1890

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

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VOYAGES AND TRAVEL

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Hay Cinema Bookshop, Castle Street, Hay on Wye, HR3 5DF, United Kingdom

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Francis Edwards Bookshop
Hay Cinema Bookshop Ltd.
Castle Street
Hay on Wye
via Hereford
HR3 5DF
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01497 820071
01497 821900
Registered in England No. 2335573
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