In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. Vol. I-II
- Publisher : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Published In : New York
- Illustrations : 2 portrait frontispieces, 52 engraved plates (1 col), 3 folding maps (in rear pockets), text figs
Description:
First US edition (published the same year as the first UK edition). Stanley's famous account of his expedition to relieve Emin Pasha (1840-1892), original name Eduard Schnitzer, the governor of the Equatorial province of Egyptian Sudan.
Condition
2 vols, 8vo, cont. half leather, re-backed, remnants of the orginal spines laid down; marbled boards, endpapers and edges, rubbed, scuffed and worn at edges. One folding map with some tears to folds.