Emin Pasha

£650 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Mounteney-Jephson accompanied H.M. Stanley on his expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the German-born Eduard Schnitzer, who had succeeded Gordon as Governor of Equatoria in Southern Soudan but had been caught up in the Mahdist uprising in 1885. Third edition; 8vo, xxiv, 480 pp., 2 pages ads at end, frontispiece, 20 wood-engraved plates, illustrations in the text, coloured folded map, facsimile of the Mahdi's Letter, contemporary red half morocco gilt, a fine copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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