Wear to extremities with corners slightly bumped. Top & bottom of spine worn. Previous owner's writing on title-page. Internally VG+ (including maps and illustrations) with binding tight; Sky-blue boards with clay-brown endpapers. Frontispiece and 27 illustrations. 2 maps. ; 8vo; 510 pages View More...
Boards a bit worn, especially to extremities. Hinges started. First and last pages a bit chipped but not obtrusive. Facsimile letter with small tears in VG- condition. Vol I: Front hinge cracked and first few pages loose but present. Otherwise internally VG+ with binding tight exept for pp 288, vol I: book block split; Green boards with gilt lettering and gilt facsimile of Stanley's signature. With all 150 plates and 3 maps. Includes the beautiful facsimile letter, that was only published in the German edition. Deutsche Beschreibung auf Anfrage ; 8vo; 515, 480 pages View More...
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on first blank pages. Volume 1: Front hinge has a bit of play. Small closed tear to front free endpaper. Small dark stain on first few pages, not affecting text or pictures. Volume 2: Front hinge started. Else a very handsome set. ; Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and blindstamped map of Africa. Including three folding maps in rear pockets. Two steel engraved frontispieces and 105 b&w illustrations and maps. This edition was issued one year later after the first edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 547, 540 pages View More...
DJ price clipped and with slight wear ; Author Littell retraces Henry Stanley's voyage through Africa, and reports on the state of affairs in the mid-sixties. A candid and interesting book ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 300 pages View More...
Boards a bit sunned and lightly soiled. Volume I: Hinges cracked and map at rear loose but present. Internally NF including maps and with binding tight ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 528, 483 pages View More...