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Very good throughout with minimal signs of use. No inscriptions or markings and not price clipped. 510 pages illustrated in black and white with maps, plans, sketches and portraits taken from the original printing..

Uckfield: Rediscovery Books. 576pp paperback, facsimile reprint with the RGS, very good . Very Good. Soft cover. 2006.

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Sampson Low, Marston & Co., LTD., 1891. Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Maroon cloth covers with black titles to front with small gilt illustration. Gilt titles to spine. Spine faded. Small tear and some wear to cloth on edges. 402pp. Black and white illustrations. Foxing to end papers and adverts..

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1874. First US Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy; hinges cracked; extremities clear taped; bookplate; gift inscription; 2 maps clear taped; cloth much worn & wrinkled; binding still firm ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, London. 1896. Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, London. 1896. Dark maroon cloth, gilt type to spine. 212 pages. Spine ends sl. crumpled.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle. Poor with no dust jacket. 1874. First Edition. Disbound.. A poor, incomplete copy, lacking the maps and several plates. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. Front hinge completely broken, with text block separated from front board. Cloth peeling and lifting from boards. Dampstains to endpapers. Lacking the frontispiece, both folding maps, and 5 of the plates. Some other plates with large tears and chips. Half-title paeg chipped, creased and torn. Front free endpaper missing. Text complete. A poor copy. ; [2], xiv, 510 pages + [2], 48 pages publisher's advertisements + 8 of 14 plates. Lacking the frontispiece and 5 other plates. Lacking the 2 folding maps. Binding broken at front hinge. Page dimensions: 212 x 35mm. ; Ex-Library; 8vo .

London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, 1896 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (endpapers slightly tanned, a couple of tiny fleck marks & minor rubbing to extremities); pp. viii (last blank), 190, with 9 illustrations & a map. A near fine copy.. First Thus. Hard Cover. F-.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle,, 1874. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth slightly worn with slight chipping at spine ends, frontis with slight edge creasing and chipping, half-title with top inch strip removed, large folding map with repaired tear, otherwise an about very good, complete copy. No jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. frontis, illustrations, 2 folding maps, xiv, 510p. plus 2p. publisher's advertisements. Green cloth. 24cm. Ends of backstrip internally reinforced. Extremities rubbed. Covers dulled. Front hinge visibly reglued. Folding map of Coomassie Expedition split at last fold and rather worn. A couple of signatures pulled. Account of battles in Ghana (against the Ashanti) and in Ethiopia. We've also had this American edition in reddish-brown cloth.

Harper and Brothers, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Harper and Brothers; New York, 1874. Hardcover. First Edition. A Good, brown cloth binding with blind stamped initials on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding a bit shaky, moderate scuffing and some soiling to boards and spine, frayed spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, binding a bit shaky, cracked hinges, two fold out pages present, exposed board corners, rubbing to board edges, rubbing to board and spine edges, bit of age toning to pages, chipped rear free endpaper fore-edge, moisture stain bottom front pastedown/front free endpaper/prelims and few pages in front, moisture stains bottom text block edge and several pages at inner corner without impact on text, without Dust wrapper. A good and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 510pp., appendix, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual… Leer más

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1874. (hardcover) xiv, 510+. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Brown endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Black and white plates and illustrations. All plates have tissue guards. Two folding maps. There is a faint library stamp to the top, front fixed endpaper, as well as some minor general wear. That said, it is internally clean, bright and solid..

Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874. 1874 Second Edition. hardcover. xiv, 505pp, 2 folding maps, original highly decorative green boards, bevelled edges, bump to bottom corner, light wear to extremities, foxing to prelims, light foreedge foxing, small tear to front folding map repaired, minor surface damage to one plate, VG. An attractive bright copy.. Henry M. Stanley was Special Correspondent of the New York Herald. He describes in detail two successful British campaigns in East and West Africa.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First American edition, published same year as first English edition. Octavo. xiv, 510 pp. Two folding maps, sixteen engraved plates, and twelve engraved illustrations in text. Publisher's blue cloth with beveled edges, gilt spine lettering, brown endpapers. Light overall wear and unusual hatched emboss mark to margin of frontispiece portait, else a very good copy.A classic book on Africa, by Stanley, the famous explorer, special correspondent to The New York Herald, and author of In Darkest Africa and How I Found Livingstone. "'Coomassie and Magdala: the Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa,' is the title I have chosen for this volume, written to record two grand successes gained by English soldiers in East and West Africa.…A greater contrast could not be made than is presented by the story of the two expeditions which England undertook in Africa, in behalf of her honour, her dignity, humanity, and justice; and more brilliant successes than attended… Leer más

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First American Edition. 2 folding maps, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plates with tissue guards and in-text illustrations. xiv, 510, [2, ads]pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. Some minor wear, Very Good. First American Edition. 2 folding maps, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plates with tissue guards and in-text illustrations. xiv, 510, [2, ads]pp. 8vo. Hosken p.189

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 510, 2 (ads); 2 folding maps, 17 wood-engraved plates, 11 wood engravings in the text; a near fine, bright copy in original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1874. Hardcover. Wear to extremities with corners slightly bumped. Top & bottom of spine worn. Previous owner's writing on title-page. Internally VG+ (including maps and illustrations) with binding tight; Sky-blue boards with clay-brown endpapers. Frontispiece and 27 illustrations. 2 maps. ; 8vo; 510 pages .

New York: Harper, 1874. First. hardcover. very good. Numerous illustrations from drawing by Melton Prior (Illustrated London News), and other artists. 2 folding maps. 510 pages, 8vo, green cloth (hinges repaired, covers scuffed and bumped). New York: Harpers, 1874. First Edition. Very Good.<br/> <br/> Small ownership stamp on title page.<br/> <br/>

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1896. First Separate Edition. With numerous illustrations from drawings by Melton Prior (special artist in Ashantee of the illustrated London News) and other artists, and a map. Small 8vo, full blue-green calf, the spine with raised band stippled in gilt, gilt fillet lines at the head and tail, red morocco lettering label, the covers with double gilt fillet border lines. vii, map, 212. A handsomely bound copy in excellent condition. IN A PLEASING FULL CALF BINDING.A very scarce title in the Stanley oeuvre. COOMASSIE AND MAGDALA is the story of the great British campaigns in East and West Africa. Here COOMASSIE is published for the first time in one volume of its own, a complete account of the British Campaign with some superb illustrations. Stanley wrote his description while a Special Correspondent of the New York Herald. “Coomassie was a town insulated by a deadly swamp. A thick jungly forest - so dense that the sun seldom pierced the foliage;… Leer más

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1896. First Edition in separate form. With numerous illustrations from drawings by Melton Prior (special artist in Ashantee of the illustrated London news) and other artists, and a map. Small 8vo, original maroon textured cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, with triple blind rules on the covers. vii, map, 212 pp. A very attractive copy, with only a touch of mellowing to the spine panel. Internally bright and clean, with occasional partial stamping to four of the page edges. A VERY SCARCE TITLE A very scarce title in the Stanley oeuvre. Marvelous illustrations throughout with vivid scenes of native life, costume, landscape, and culture. COOMASSIE AND MAGDALA is the story of the great British campaigns in East and West Africa. Here COOMASSIE is published for the first time in one volume of its own, a complete account of the British Campaign with some superb illustrations. Stanley wrote his description while a Special Correspondent of the New York… Leer más