The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Front hinge repaired by previous owner, not crudely but not neatly either, rear hinge weakening, top edge stained, ink gift note on front endpaper. 1909 Hard Cover. xvii, 551 pp. Includes 16 photogravures and a map. Henry Morton Stanley, in full Sir Henry Morton Stanley, original name John Rowlands, Congolese byname Bula Matari ('Breaker of Rocks'), (born January 28, 1841, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales - died May 10, 1904, London, England), British American explorer of central Africa, famous for his rescue of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone and for his discoveries in and development of the Congo region. He was knighted in 1899.--Britannica