Henry M. Stanley - In Darkest Africa [In Two Volumes] - 1890

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

In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown to the American and European public. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria are his account of what happened.

Item Description
Complete two volume set of first American edition. Illustrated with two steel engraved frontispiece portraits, 150 illustrations, and a folding map. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890. Publisher’s original half leather with marbled boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spines. Marbled endpaper, and all page edges.

Volume I.
Tissue-guarded frontispieces of Henry Stanley
17 Full page plates
57 wood engravings in-text
A large colour fold out map of the great forest region
Number of Pages: 547 including appendix, and index

Volume II.
Tissue-guarded portrait frontispieces of Stanley with facsimile signature
A colour Profile Sketch of Ruwenzori and the valley of the Semliki
26 Full page plates
47 wood engravings in-text
Number of Pages: 540

Book Dimensions: 23 x 15 cm
Combined weight in excess of 3kg.

Condition
Externally; original boards are still attached, and worn, at corners and edges, with missing pieces of spines cloths as you can see from pictures. Internally; both books in overall very good condition. No names or inscriptions. Inner hinges are very good and pages are very tight at gutters. Pages are very clean, with light foxing to the first few pages. The large folding map at rear of volume one is complete, with wear, and closed tear at folding. No maps are present at rear of volume two (Please see pictures).