‎STANLEY, HENRY M.‎
‎In Darkest Africa or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. 2 Vols. (6 parts (6 Divisions)).‎

‎London, Sampson low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Small 4to. 6 original pictorial full cloth. Gilt lettering to spines and upper covers. Light wear to spine-end. Part 6 lacking ca. 1 cm. of cloth at upper capital. Corners bumped. XXXI, 160 161-336 337-512 513-529, (1), XV, 144 145-320 321-472, XV + 62 plates, 3 folding coloured maps, with a coloured section, 105 illustrations in the text. 2 of the folded maps with tear repair. Internally clean and fine. ‎

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‎First appearance of this subscriber’s edition, here in the rare 6 original pictoral cloth bindings. The first volume of this set contains an introduction by J. Scott Keltie on Mr. Stanley's African career with 5 full-page and 1 small illustration not called for in the list of plates. Stanley's expedition through the heart of East Africa to the land of the Nile originally intended as a rescue mission for Emin Pasha although failing in its primary objective Stanley discovered the snowcapped range of Ruwenzori the mountains of the moon. A new lake which he named the Albert Edward Nyanza etc. ‎