In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria

by Henry M. Stanley

$8,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

Signed

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington Limited, 1890. Two volumes. Demy quarto edition de luxe. Copy #53 of 250 signed by Henry Stanley. A near fine set with lightly rubbed morocco and vellum, slight lifting to Vol. I’s front vellum; internally clean and bright. The finest edition of a classic of exploration literature, luxuriously bound in vellum and dark rich morocco, containing 44 plates six of them

  • Binding: Leather

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