In Darkest Africa : or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891, (©1890). First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 volumes xiv, 547, (1); xvi, 540pp. Index. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in darker green and black and lettered in gilt. Illustrated with two steel engraved frontispieces, 150 text woodcuts (some full-page, 1, a color printed land profile, and 3 colored folding maps housed in rear pockets. Title pages with offset browning from the frontispiece tissue guards. Vol. I with tiny chip at head of spine. This is an ex-library set with an old library bookplate on the front pastedowns, library pockets on rear pastedowns and a faint embossed round stamp on the title pages. Spines are a bit darkened and have inked call letters at bottom.
Contents: V.1. Prefatory letter to Sir William Mackinnon, chairman of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition -- Introductory chapter -- Egypt and Zanzibar -- By sea to the Congo River -- To Stanley Pool -- From Stanley Pool to Yambuya -- At Yambuya -- To Panga Falls -- From Panga Falls to Ugarrowwa's -- Ugarrowwa's to Kilonga-longa's -- With the Manyuema at Ipoto -- Through the forest to Mazamboni's Peak -- Arrival at Lake Albert and our return to Ibwiri -- Life at Fort Bodo -- To the Albert Nyanza a second time -- The meeting with Emin Pasha -- Personal to the Pasha -- Start for the relief of the rear column -- Arrival at Banalya : Barttelot dead! -- The sad story of the rear column -- Appendix: Copy of log of rear column.; V.2. We start our third journey to th Nyanza -- Arrival at Fort Bodo -- The great central African forest -- Imprisonment of Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson -- Emin Pasha and his officers reach our camp at Kavall -- We start homeward for Zanzibar -- Emin Pasha -- a study -- To the Albert Edward Nyanza -- The sources of the Nile -- the mountains of the moon, and the fountains of the Nile -- Ruwenzori : the cloud king -- Ruwenzori and Lake Albert Edward -- Through Ankori to the Alexandra Nile -- The tribes of the grass-land -- To the English mission station, south end of Victoria Nyanza -- From the Victoria Nyanza to Zanzibar -- Appendices: A. Congratulations by cable received at Zanzibar ; B. Comparative tables of forest and grass-land languages ; C. Itinerary of the journeys made in 1887, 1888, 1889 ; D. Balance sheet, &c., of the relief expedition -- General index. Good +. Item #52731
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