The Congo and the founding of the free state. A story of work and exploration

by Henry M. Stanley

$750 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Two volumes. 8vo. xxvii, i , 528; x, 483 pp., plus 12 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With frontispiece in each volume, 5 colored maps including 2 very large folding maps in the pocket to each volume 42 full-page engraved plates and dozens of text woodcuts. The folding maps are in excellent condition, without tears. Original publisher’s decorated

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