Published by Wordsworth Classics of World Literature, London, 2010
ISBN 10: 184022648X ISBN 13: 9781840226485
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Wordsworth Paperback Edition / First Print (number 1 on copyright page). Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 603pp. B/w photographic frontispiece, b/w illustrations throughout (both full page and within text), b/w maps to rear. (31/2).
Published by Scribner Armstrong, 1872
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thick 4to hardcover volume in green pictorial gold embossed binding. A little wear to spine ends and tips gold embossing in nice condition. End papers have splitting and boards somewhat shaken. No markings in end papers. 736 pages are very clean with no foxing. One plate is loose. 28 plates total 6 maps 4 are folding. Large Africa map is not attached and has a couple fold line separations.
Published by Scribner, Armstrong & Co, 1872
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 736 pages, three quarter leather hardcover. In Good Condition with wear to edges, corners, first map mostly missing, front hinge separated but repairable.
Published by Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1872
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. xxiii 736pp (4pp ad). Bound in brown pebbled boards with gilt design. Six maps, of which four are fold-out maps. "Map of part of Eastern Central Africa Shewing the Routes and Discoveries of Henry M. Stanley" with a few small closed tears. Extensively illustrated throughout with 28 full page illustrations and additional in-text illustrations. First American edition published the same year as the first British.
Published by New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1872
Seller: Robert Rankin Books, Caledonia, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NEW YORK: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1872, 1st Edition, hardcover, clad in brown pebbled boards, Front board illustrated in gilt depicting a palm tree and scenes from the narrative. The spine depicts a copy of the pictorial frontice of Stanley and a native gun bearer or guide, the title, author's name and publisher all in gilt. The tight and clean text block comprises 736 pp including the index, following which are 8 pp of advertisements. It is illustrated with 28 full page illustrations, 25 smaller illustrations and six maps (all of which are present), which are either tipped in or in page. There is a small cluster of tiny black marks about halfway up the gutter of the front board and there is some foxing on the protective tissue of the frontice, some of which has lightly transferred to the the right edge of title page, else it is in Very Good plus to Near Fine condition. THIS IS A HEAVY ITEM AND MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE, SO POTENTIAL BUYERS SHOULD CONTACT THE SELLER TO DISCUSS THIS.
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, London, 1872
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. A smart uncommon first edition of Henry Morton Stanley's vivid account of his discovery of David Livingstone, illustrated throughout. The uncommon first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps, twenty-seven plates, and in-text illustrations.Henry Morton Stanley's account of how he found David Livingstone.Stanley searched for Livingstone in Central Africa, setting out to Zanzibar in 1871, eventually finding the lost explorer in November 1871 in Ujiji, in present day Tanzania.This is an exciting and embellished account of an important voyage that garnered a lot of media attention at the time.Stanley is best remembered today for his finding Livingstone, and for working as an agent for King Leopold II in the Congo.Collated, bound without one map.Eight pages of adverts to the rear. Smartly rebound with panels of the original cloth to the front board. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the original boards and spine label. A few light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Faint small tide mark to the head of a few pages. Closed tear to page 87/88. Folding maps are edge worn with some small closed tears. Bound without one map. Very Good. book.
Published by London Sampson Low, 1872
First Edition
First edition. 8vo, xxiii, 736 pp., 6 maps (1 large folding, slightly foxed, 3 other folding, 1 full-page, 1 in text), mounted photograph frontispiece of Stanley, numerous full-page and other illustrations, original pictorial brown cloth gilt, 'One of the most famous books in the broad spectrum of African exploration, this title acquainted many a nineteenth-century reader with the wonders of the Dark Continent' (Czech). 'Stanley landed in Zanzibar on 6 January 1871 to begin the search for Dr. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer whose whereabouts in central Africa had become a question of international concern since his last letter of 30 May 1869. The journey lasted 236 days. On the morning of 3 November, with an American flag flying on a pole, Stanley led his remaining fifty-four men down a mountain toward a lake and his historic meeting with Dr. Livingstone. Stanley returned to Europe to a hero's welcome, though he had to contend with accusations that the Livingstone letters and journals he brought back were forgeries; members of the Royal Geographical Society wanted to ignore the American who had found "their man" in Africa. But he received the gratitude of Livingstone's family and official thanks from Queen Victoria. The public's appetite for his published story was voracious' (Delaney, Mountains of the Moon).
Published by London Sampson Low, 1872
First Edition
First edition; 8vo, xxiii, 736 pp., 6 maps (1 large folding, slightly foxed, 3 other folding, 1 full-page, 1 in text), mounted photograph frontispiece of Stanley, numerous full-page and other illustrations, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, short tears to maps repaired, a fine copy. 'One of the most famous books in the broad spectrum of African exploration, this title acquainted many a nineteenth-century reader with the wonders of the Dark Continent' (Czech). 'Stanley landed in Zanzibar on 6 January 1871 to begin the search for Dr. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer whose whereabouts in central Africa had become a question of international concern since his last letter of 30 May 1869. The journey lasted 236 days. On the morning of 3 November, with an American flag flying on a pole, Stanley led his remaining fifty-four men down a mountain toward a lake and his historic meeting with Dr. Livingstone. Stanley returned to Europe to a hero's welcome, though he had to contend with accusations that the Livingstone letters and journals he brought back were forgeries; members of the Royal Geographical Society wanted to ignore the American who had found "their man" in Africa. But he received the gratitude of Livingstone's family and official thanks from Queen Victoria. The public's appetite for his published story was voracious' (Delaney, Mountains of the Moon).