A Visit to Stanley's Rear-Guard at Major Barttelot's Camp on the Aruhwimi

J. R. Werner

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

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An exceptionally bright example of the uncommon first edition of J. R. Werner's narrative of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition led by Henry Morton Stanley. An uncommon first edition.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, a folding map to the rear, and seventeen plates. Collated, complete.J. R. Werner offers a contemporary account of part of Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition in Central Africa.He focuses on the rear-guard left under Major Edmund Barttelot on the Aruwimi River, describing the harsh conditions, disorganisation, and tragic events that befell the camp during Stanley's absence.With a prize bookplate to the front pastedown awarding the work to Kenneth McKenzie.This offersinsight into one of the most controversial episodes of nineteenth-century African exploration. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, vibrant, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, and a minor bump to back strip head. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed.

Seller Inventory # 976F48

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Visit to Stanley's Rear-Guard at Major Barttelot's Camp on the Aruhwimi
• Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
• Publication Date: 1889
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book
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  • Biography & Autobiography