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Mounteney-Jephson, A. J., With Revision And Cooperation Of Henry, M. Stanley

Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator; A Story of Nine Months Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces

1890

118,44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1890
Luogo di stampa
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons
Autore
Mounteney-Jephson, A. J., With Revision And Cooperation Of Henry, M. Stanley
Edizione
First American edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Africa
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [22.5 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 490 pp, frontis (port of author), portrait of Stanley, numerous full page plates from engravings, other illus, folding colored map of the equatorial province and folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in rear pocket, index. original pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, gilt vignette on spine, little rubbed at edges, light stain on spine, else a near fine clean & attractive copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Work p. 23. Henry M. Stanley wrote a good introductory preface. The author spent 9 months in 1888 and 1889 to help save the Emin Pasha and describes his travels in the Lake Albert area in great detail including his imprisonment. The journey lead to several clarifications of geography including the sources of the Nile.