STANLEY, HENRY M.
In Afrikas donkere wildernissen.
Arnhem-Nijmegen : E. & M. Cohen, 1891(?).. Tochten, ontdekkingen en ontmoetingen, opsporing van, en terugkeer met Emin Pacha. Volumes I-II. I: X + 600 p.; II: (IV)+ 579 p., num. wood engraved ills. and maps, photogr. portrait frontispiece to page I of the first volume. HARDCOVER: (Rebound in hlf cloth with cardboards, vol 2 bit loosening, some older tape repairs, missing frontispiece to vol 2, else VERY GOOD)
¶ First published in English, In darkest Africa, in 1890. This is the first Dutch edition, bound with publisher's promotional brochure,16 p., illustrated with 10 wood-engravings, of which 6 almost full-page, incl. 2 portrs (Stanley & Emin Pacha) advertising the publication of a so-called cheap edition of the work, to be published in `50 installments, incl. conditions for subscribers printed at tail of last page. (This edition does not call for large fold. maps.)
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