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Luxury edition limited to 250 copies. xv,[1],529;xv,[1],472pp. Two volumes. Quarto in original bevelled edge half black morocco and vellum boards with five raised bands and gilt lettered spine, gilt lettered front panel with gilt vignette of flag and fern, and gilt top edge, others uncut. 2 mounted steel engraved portraits on tissue paper (frontispiece in each volume), frontispiece of vol 1 with a closed tear. 2 heliogravure plates (group portraits), 36 plates and illustrations in text from woodcuts, 6 etchings (signed), 2 gravure plates (group portraits), 36 plates and illustrations in text from woodcuts, 6 etchings (signed), 2 facsimiles (pages from Stanley's notebook), 3 colour folding maps and 1 colour section. Crisp, clean copy with some soiling to the vellum boards. Boards a bit bowed as usual. Minor bump to the fore-edge of the front board of vol 2. Bookseller's label on the down corner of front pastedown. Signs of shelf wear. Copy #239/250. Very good plus condition. Deluxe large paper Edition signed by Stanley and detailing his expedition from the mouth of the Congo to rescue Emin Pasha, who had been appointed Governor of Equatoria by General Gordon, then abandoned when the Mahdi overran the Sudan.

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