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In the Land of Misfortune. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1882. 8° (218 x 138mm). Wood-engraved plates and illustrations. (Occasional light spotting.) Original green cloth, blocked in gilt, black and white, unopened (lightly soiled). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with presentation label from the author to Stanley pasted onto verso of title. Mendelssohn I, p. 472.
ROBERT NEEDHAM CUST. A Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa. London: Trübner & Co., 1883. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 137mm). 4 leaves of multiple photographic portraits, one mounted single-subject photographic portrait. (Lacking contents of wallets at rear of each volume.) Original cloth, blocked in gilt and brown (lightly soiled). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with presentation inscription from the author to Stanley in volume I. Mendelssohn I, p. 403; and 10 others, all presentation copies to Stanley, in original cloth unless otherwise stated, including: Solon Doggett Tanganika and other Idylls (1881), G. Schweinfurth Artea Africanae (Leipzig and London, 1875, 2°), M.H. Kingsley West African Studies (London, 1899), W.G. Blaikie The Personal Life of David Livingstone (1880), Société Royale de Médecine de Belgique: Rapports présentés au Congrès National d'Hygiene et de Climatologie Médicale de la Belgique et du Congo (Brussels, 1898) in contemporary half morocco; Robert Young Modern Missions (London, 1883), F.S. Arnot Garenganzie (London, n.d.), L.V. Sheldon Yankee Girls in Zululand ... third edition (New York, 1888), and T. Masui D'Anvers à Banzyville (Brussels, 1894) in original wrappers. (13)
In the Land of Misfortune. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1882. 8° (218 x 138mm). Wood-engraved plates and illustrations. (Occasional light spotting.) Original green cloth, blocked in gilt, black and white, unopened (lightly soiled). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with presentation label from the author to Stanley pasted onto verso of title. Mendelssohn I, p. 472.
ROBERT NEEDHAM CUST. A Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa. London: Trübner & Co., 1883. 2 volumes, 8° (210 x 137mm). 4 leaves of multiple photographic portraits, one mounted single-subject photographic portrait. (Lacking contents of wallets at rear of each volume.) Original cloth, blocked in gilt and brown (lightly soiled). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with presentation inscription from the author to Stanley in volume I. Mendelssohn I, p. 403; and 10 others, all presentation copies to Stanley, in original cloth unless otherwise stated, including: Solon Doggett Tanganika and other Idylls (1881), G. Schweinfurth Artea Africanae (Leipzig and London, 1875, 2°), M.H. Kingsley West African Studies (London, 1899), W.G. Blaikie The Personal Life of David Livingstone (1880), Société Royale de Médecine de Belgique: Rapports présentés au Congrès National d'Hygiene et de Climatologie Médicale de la Belgique et du Congo (Brussels, 1898) in contemporary half morocco; Robert Young Modern Missions (London, 1883), F.S. Arnot Garenganzie (London, n.d.), L.V. Sheldon Yankee Girls in Zululand ... third edition (New York, 1888), and T. Masui D'Anvers à Banzyville (Brussels, 1894) in original wrappers. (13)
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