Henry M. Stanley - Stanley and Africa - 1870

Stanley and Africa
Also the Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries of Captain John H. Speke, Captain Richard F. Burton, Captain James W. Grant, Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, and other Distinguished Explorers.

This is a general survey of African exploration during the Victorian era, incorporating chapters on Stanley, Speke, Burton and many of the other most important explorers of the period. Much like the astronauts of the Apollo era, these explores in Africa were great heroes of their age and their toils and adventures thrilled readers around the world who were always eager to learn more.

Item Description
Original first edition and complete large work of traveling explorations in Africa. Illustrated with 12 full-page chromolithographic plates, including frontispiece. Published by C. Combridge, Birmingham, (c1870s). Publisher’s original red textured cloth with decorations in black and gilt on the upper cover and spine in all-over designs, the rare cover stamped in blind. All page edges gilt.

Book Dimensions: 27 x 21 x 4 cm and Number of Pages: 662 + 2 pages ads.
Weighing in excess of two kilograms.

Condition
The book is beautifully bound, designed and illustrated. Firm and well-bound copy. External covers in nice shape, and with light wear to corners and to head and foot of the spine. Internally; in very good condition. Old neat prize label on inside front cover page. Inner hinges are very good. Pages are tightly held at the gutter and edged in gilt. Pages are clean with light foxing marks to the margin of some pages. The colour plates are particularly vivid and striking (Handsome Copy) (Please see pictures).