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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. First Edition. Signed limited Demy Quarto Edition de Luxe. #230 of 250 copies printed. Quarto (30cm). Two volumes half-bound in black morocco and vellum, stamped in gilt on front and spines. top edges gilt; plain endpapers; I: [ii],[xvi],529,[1]pp; II: [ii],[xvi],472pp; 2 photogravure frontispieces, 6 etchings, 2 large color folding maps backed in linen, 1 color folding map, 1 color diagram, 36 chine collé relief plates, numerous in-text relief illustrations, and a facsimile of a leaf from Stanley's original notebook. Untrimmed. Signed by author on limitation leaf; each etching signed in pencil by the artist, G. Montbard. A sturdy set, rubbed, with minor external dustsoil, red stains to front board of vol. 2 as though transferred from another book, internally with occasional browning to edges, plate supports browned and foxed, otherwise clean: around Very Good. Stanley's account of the 1886-1889 expedition he led to rescue…

Stanley's account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, detailing the experiences and obstacles faced while navigating the Congo.