H M Stanley - Explorer

272pp, three black and white photographic plates (inc. frontispiece). Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Bumped and rounded spine ends. Slight scuffing and staining to boards; shelf-wear. Significantly cocked. Green sprayed top text block edge, dusty; remaining edges foxing. Maps of Stanley's three journeys in Africa on endpapers. Foxing throughout; intensity varies, worst on prelims. A good example of a quality, textured paper volume which remains neat and bright. Biography of Henry Morton Stanley, explorer, journalist, soldier, writer and politician famous for his exploration of Central America and his searches for the sources of the Nile and Congo Rivers and for the missionary David Livingstone.