The Christian Year … with STANLEY, Henry Morton. Single sheet message to General Ponsonby to pass thanks on to Queen Victoria for her message. December 6 1889

by Henry Morton Stanley

$3,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

10 photographs laid down. xii, 383, 1ads pp. 8vo. Black coarse grain morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g. Tim Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer, London, 2007. Item #301863 A wonderful souvenir from Stanley's wedding with a significant association. The inscription reads in part: To Henry M Stanley Esq / Dear Sir, / Accept this book on this your nuptial day as a souvenir from one of your companions

• Binding: Leather

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