2 volumes, 8vo (215 x 135 mm). 4 color printed maps (3 folding) (spotting, a few tears crossing image repaired verso); 2 engraved frontispiece portraits, 36 plates, one folding table. Contemporary calf, spines gilt, red lettering-pieced gilt, marbled edges (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Mr. Oldham (gift inscription from his pupil John Bere Grylls). 

 

FIRST EDITION, recounting Stanley's expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the German-born Egyptian governor of Equatoria on the upper Nile. [With:] STANLEY, Henry Morton, Sir. How I Found Livingstone. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. The "Centenary Edition." -- PARK, Mungo (1771-1806). Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa. London: W. Bulmer for G. and W. Nichol, 1800. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 5 engraved plates. (Lacking engraved folding map.)