IN DARKEST AFRICA, OR THE QUEST ,RESCUE, AND RETREAT OF EMIN, GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA. 2 VOLUMES IN 6 DIVISIONS - gebrauchtes Buch

Stanley, H.M. In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. [Including interesting Ephemera of Liebig's Meat Extract (Liebig's Fleisch Extract)]. With one hundred and sixty-five woodcut illustrations and Maps. [This edition [was] specially prepared for subscription only, [and was] completed in 22 parts, at 2s each, or in six divisions, cloth gilt, at 9s. each, and [was] not obtainable from the ordinary booksellers]. Two volumes (divided and bound in six separate Volumes (Divisions)). London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. 26 cm x 18 cm. Pagination: Volume I,1: Portrait-Frontispiece, XXXI, Large folded map: A Map of the Route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition through Africa, pages 1-160 / Volume I,2: pages 161-336 / Volume I,3: pages 337-512 / Volume I,4: includes the end of Volume I: pages 513-529 (including Appendix and Index for Volume I) and Volume I,4 also includes the beginning of Volume II,1: XV pages with Contens and List of Illustrations for Volume I (!) and pages 1-144 of Volume II,1 - including A (coloured) Map of Emin Pasha's Province / Volume II,2: pages 145-320 including a coloured Profile Sketch of Ruwenzori and the Valley of the Semliki / Volume II, 3: pages 321-472, including Index for Volume II and A (coloured) Map of the Routes of The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza by Henry M. Stanley - followed by the misbound titlepage and Contens-pages of Volume II. Hardcover / Original, red pictorial publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Fold-out maps of division I + IV with tears, but complete. Tissue-guarded frontispiece in each division. Some mild signs of foxing only. All bindings tight ! Includes some spectacular ephemera: Loosely inserted from the publisher is one large advertising-sheet for Liebig's Meat extract - showing S..