[TRAVEL] IN DARKEST AFRICA OR THE QUEST RESCUE AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA (2 VOLUMES)

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo’s; in the publisher’s decorative green cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; the bindings have modest wear. Volume I has a trivial stain to the lower board. A previous owner name on the first blank pager of Volume I; Volume 2 there is a trivial spot of loss to the spine; three maps in the rear of the set.~~Stanley’s account of one of the last of the 19th century expeditions by Europeans into the interior of the African continent. A presentable copy of the First American edition. Complete with all illustrations and maps including the two large folding maps, the Map of the Route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition through Africa; and the Map of the Routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza. The maps have some separation at the folds. ~. Very Good binding.