To include:

Henry M. Stanley. THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT OR THE SOURCES OF THE NILE AROUND THE GREAT LAKES OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA AND DOWN THE LIVINGSTONE RIVER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. 2 volumes. First American edition. Hardcover with green cloth illustrated boards and gilt lettering. 8vo; xiv, 522pp. with index; ix. 566pp. with index, plus advertisements. Both with frontispiece, numerous full-page and smaller illustrations, and maps. (1) large folded map in rear pocket of Vol. II.

Henry M. Stanley. IN DARKEST AFRICA OR THE QUEST, RESCUE, AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. 2 volumes. First American edition. Hardcover with green cloth inset illustrated boards and gilt lettering. 8vo; xiv, 547pp. with appendix; xvi, 540pp. with index. Both with frontispiece, (1) large folded map in rear pocket, and numerous full-page and smaller illustrations.

Each 6 1/4 x 9 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

First title, both volumes with boards detached from text block, wear to boards including some loss to cloth, titles still clear; free endpapers partially or fully detached, owner's name and two book plates, interior with scattered foxing and toning, rear pocket of Vol. I empty. Second title with scuffing to boards, corners and spines worn with tears and minor loss to cloth, some separation at spine from text block; marks and wear to endpapers with some loss, cracking and separation at hinges (esp. Vol. II), pages toned, foxing, offsetting. Vol. II missing second folding map; maps with foxing, tears at folds, one with offsetting. While the first title is fragile, the second title is quite sturdy.