H.M. STANLEY'S WONDERFUL ADVENTURES IN AFRICA Hardcover - 1890

Excelsior Publishing Co., 1890. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. As the title page trumpets: "From his first entrance into the Dark Continent in search of Livingstone to his last triumphal return from his search for and rescue of Emin Bey, twenty years of the most wonderful adventures the world has known." After that, the book speaks for itself. Issued in 1890 by several publishers for subscription sales, this is the Excelsior edition, First Edition Thus, First Printing. 802 pages; 6 1/2 x 9 inches, original tan cloth, pictorial boards blindstamped in black and gold; text includes a frontispiece portrait photo of Stanley, a colored fold-out map (p.33), and numerous black & white illustrations. Much of the black and gold now flaked from front cover and spine, moderate wear at edges and corners, some light soiling. End pages show light foxing and soiling, with a faint number written in center of front pastedown. Text edges are somewhat soiled, pages llightly age-tanned in margins, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. A very collectable copy. [Sorry, given the book's size and weight, we cannot accept priority or express orders or orders from outside the U.S.]