STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1890.
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Rare publisher’s deluxe binding of Stanley's In Darkest Africa
Rare publisher’s deluxe binding of Stanley's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original deluxe dark brown morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In near fine condition. A stunning set.
Stanley and Emin entered Bagamoyo on their donkeys, some way ahead of their caravan, on 4 December, 1889. It was sensational news. Emin was safe, although the expedition to relieve him had cost the lives of at least 700 people. With the good journalist's facility for rapid reporting, Stanley began his account of the rescue at the Hotel Victoria, Cairo, on 25 January 1890, working on it continuously for fifty days at the rate of 20 printed pages per day. The first portion of the manuscript was delivered to the printer's on 12 March and the last proof sheet returned for printing by Clowes on 3 June. Hosken p. 189
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
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