Stanley, Henry
Rare books on African exploration by Henry Stanley, including first editions and copies in fine bindings.
STANLEY, Henry Morton.
Through the Dark Continent. 1878
£750
First US Edition in the publisher's de luxe binding. Account of Stanley's controversial Trans-African Expedition of 1874-7. Stanley finally dispelled Livingstone's notion that the...
2 volumes, octavo. Publisher's brown half morocco on marbled boards, titles gilt to spines which are gilt in compartments, raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers.... Read more
STANLEY, Henry Morton.
Through the Dark Continent. 1878
£750
First edition. Account of Stanley's controversial Trans-African Expedition of 1874-7. Stanley finally dispelled Livingstone's notion that the "Lualaba was the source of the Nile and...
2 volumes, octavo (213 × 132 mm) Contemporary tree calf, red and black morocco labels, spines gilt in compartments, gilt panels to the boards, edges and endpapers... Read more
STANLEY, Henry Morton.
Coomassie and Magdala: 1874
£595
Second edition, same year as the first. Stanley covered the Abyssinian expedition for the New York Herald and the sensational reception of his despatches from the fall of Magdala,...
Octavo. Original bottle green pictorial cloth, title gilt to the spine with a trophy of Ethiopian arms, gilt roundel portraits of Napier and Wolseley set in foliage... Read more
