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Large 8vo. Re-issue by arrangement with Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Ltd . 2 vols: xxxii, 400 pp.; xi, [1], 419, [1] pp. Half-titles, frontispiece portraits (after Walery in the first volume) and dedication leaf to the first volume. With a new preface by the author, written for this edition. First volume illustrated with 16 full-page plates out of the text, 42 smaller illustrations in the text, and 7 plates out of the text with full-page maps, one of which is a large folding map showing Stanley s route outlined in red. Second volume illustrated with 17 full-page plates out of the text and 73 smaller illustrations in the text. Original publisher s illustrated burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped figures, bevelled edge boards. All edges sprinkled in red. Very minor rubbing to extremities of binding. A fine copy.

A detailed narrative of Stanley's expedition through Africa from the eastern to the western coast, shedding light on the uncharted interior of the continent.