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Rare and modern books

Stanley

HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa, Including Four Months' Residence With Dr. Livingstone

Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1913

434.50 €

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Year of publication
1913
Place of printing
London
Author
Stanley
Publishers
Sampson, Low, Marston and Company
Languages
English

Description

Centenary edition. 19 illustrations and a folding map at the rear. Thick 8vo, original red cloth with pastedown illustration on upper board. Lettered in gilt. lxxix, 552. A fine and very bright copy, virtually without fault.

Edizione: very scarce. the centenary edition was published on the 100th anniversary of livingstone?s birth. how i found livingston was stanley's first book, and the book which secured his reputation. the quest to recover david livingstone is one of the most famous travel adventures, and manhunts, in history. the oft quoted line ?dr. livingstone i presume? is from this journey and that scene is recreated in the engraved plate on page 331 of this book.