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Henry M. Stanley
Published by Sampson Lowe, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1885, 1st Edition.
Condition:
Ex. library with few stamps.
Hardcover, uniformly bound in deep red half leather spines with gilt rules in compartments with raised bands.
1st edition(matching dates).
Volume 1 : shelfwear, bumped corners, 4 fold out maps in total, wear and tear to closing pages and cellotape attached, many pages torn and or detached, minor tear on frontispiece page, smudges on title page. 3 folding maps and 1 large fold out fabric map at rear.
Volume 2 : shelfwear, bumped corners, minor tear on frontispiece, slight wear, smudges on closing endpapers and 1 large fold out fabric map at rear.
Illustrated with over 100 full-page plates and in-text drawings
528 + x,483,12 pp., dimension: 23.0 x 16.0 cm.
Please see photos for condition detail.
Ship tracked & insured.
xxvii,528 + x,483,12 pp.
67353615
