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Stanley, Henry Morton
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; including Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone. London: Sampson Low, Marston [&c.], 1872
- Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (220 x 135mm.), half-title, mounted albumen photograph portrait of Stanley as frontispiece, 5 maps (4 folding), 28 plates, illustrations, 8pp. advertisements at end, original brown illustrated cloth, dark green endpapers, bevelled edges, folding maps with repairs or tears, minor spotting, neat repairs to spine, slightly rubbed
Provenance
P.McMullen, Windsor, inscription in pencil on half-title
Literature
Czech (Africa) p.152; Mendelssohn (1979) IV, p.379
Condition
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"One of the most famous books in the broad spectrum of African exploration" (Czech).
Stanley, at the instruction of James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the New York Herald, set out to 'find' Livingstone in 1869. No news of the Scottish explorer had been heard for two years, and it was not until November 1871 that Stanley finally succeeded in locating him at Ujiji, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
Stanley, at the instruction of James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the New York Herald, set out to 'find' Livingstone in 1869. No news of the Scottish explorer had been heard for two years, and it was not until November 1871 that Stanley finally succeeded in locating him at Ujiji, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.