Lot 296
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, 1878.
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, 2, portrait frontispieces, 10 maps including 2 large folding in pockets at rear, 32 plates, illustrations, scattered foxing, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, vol.2 with abrasion to upper cover, still a good set overall, 8vo, 1878.
⁂ The first edition of Stanley's account of his epic navigation of the Congo, scarce in the original cloth.
Description
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, 2, portrait frontispieces, 10 maps including 2 large folding in pockets at rear, 32 plates, illustrations, scattered foxing, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, vol.2 with abrasion to upper cover, still a good set overall, 8vo, 1878.
⁂ The first edition of Stanley's account of his epic navigation of the Congo, scarce in the original cloth.
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