Author: STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON; DOROTHY STANLEY (ED)
Title: The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering and medallion on spine and cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with 16 tissue-protected photogravures, and a facsimile letter. Title page in red and black. Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was the most accomplished and celebrated 19th-century African explorer. He was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his work in and development of the Congo Basin region in association with King Leopold II of the Belgians, and commanding the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899.. Former owner's small address label on fep, head and heel of spine lightly worn, sans map, else fine; tight, square, and clean. Lacking the map at the end. VERY GOOD. Photogravures and Map. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 551, (1) pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .
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Title: The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering and medallion on spine and cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with 16 tissue-protected photogravures, and a facsimile letter. Title page in red and black. Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was the most accomplished and celebrated 19th-century African explorer. He was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his work in and development of the Congo Basin region in association with King Leopold II of the Belgians, and commanding the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899.. Former owner's small address label on fep, head and heel of spine lightly worn, sans map, else fine; tight, square, and clean. Lacking the map at the end. VERY GOOD. Photogravures and Map. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 551, (1) pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Biography Explorers Henry Stanley Biography & Memoir Travel & Adventure Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 80.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 26750
- Book number: 26750
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