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DARK AFRICA Big Game HUNTING Stanley J W BUEL African A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ALL THE GREAT EXPLORATIONS AND INCLUDING A FULL, AUTHENTIC AND THRILLING ACCOUNT OF REPLETE WITH ASTOUNDING INCIDENTS, WONDERFUL ADVENTURES,

MYSTERIOUS PROVIDENCES, GRAND ACHIEVEMENTS, AND GLORIOUS

DEEDS AS REPRESENTED IN THE DEVOTED LIVES AND SPLENDID

HENRY M. STANLEY, EMIN PASHA, GEN. (CHINESE) GORDON,

AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT TRAVELLERS, HUNTERS AND EXPLORERS, WHO FOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND YEARS, HAVE MADE AFRICA A LAND OF WONDERS BY THEIR HEROISM AND UNPARALLELED DARING.

COVERING THE WHOLE HISTORY OF AFRICAN EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY.

ENLIVENED WITH STORIES OF MARVELLOUS HUNTS AND WONDERFUL ADVENTURES AMONG WILD ANIMALS, FEROCIOUS REPTILES, AND CURIOUS AND SAVAGE RACES OF PEOPLE WHO INHABIT THE DARK CONTINENT.

"THE BEAUTIFUL STORY," "THE LIVING WORLD," "THE STORY OF MAN," "SEA AND LAND," "THE WORLD'S WONDERS," "EXILE LIFE IN SIBERIA," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH 500 OF THE GRANDEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL ENGRAVINGS,

A Beautiful copy! Half leather bindings (leather spine & corners) with gold gilt printing stamped into it! Gold Gilt Titling and designwork stamped into front cover and spine. Original floral endpapers. Tissue Guarded "Colored" Plate Frontispiece (Chromolithograph). Chromolithograph color plates. Steel plates, hundreds of illustrations.

A superb example of Victorian Art Nouveau designwork!

IN NEAR FINE CONDITION ! First Edition! The contents are SUPERB!

This book is a very thick & heavy 8vo., 10-13/4" tall by 8-1/4" wide and 1-7/8" thick, it weighs in at nearly 5 pounds! 576 pages.

The publishers spared no expense creating a historical account of tribal African scenes & stories in the form of this book, and after 119 years it is still outstanding.

Read about Stanley's adventures & explorations in yet undiscovered dark Africa, stories of headhunters, cannibals, terrible battles against the "savages" it's all in here! Baker's expedition to find the source of the Nile, Shocking accounts of the slave trade and slave traders. Livingstone's expeditions. Gordon and Emin Pasha, the accounts of the explorers are legendary.

This is a rare find in such excellent condition.Here is your chance to own an authentic piece of literary history at a reasonable price. This book is an excellent investment as market prices continue to go up and this book keeps appreciating in value. Get it while you can!

There is not enough room here to show all the plates, so the photos below represent but a scant few and do not do justice to the incredible amount of wondeful plates this book is teeming with.

We had this book professionally restored at a book bindery. A new spine was put on, with the original leather spine installed over it. The book is tight & solid, nothing is loose or coming loose.

The covers of this book exhibit extremely limited shelfwear, The top & bottom of spine are good, the gold gilt on the spine is good, some staining to spine. The corners show minute rubbing, the gold gilt on the front is in great condition. Overall the covers are quite remarkable after 119 years. The endpapers are clean, without writing and have a former owner's bookplate. One page has light foxing at the top, otherwise, The text is clean, white, and firmly bound. The color and B&W plates are in excellent condition. No foxing or soiling evident anywhere else. BEST of all-- There is no writing or marking anywhere else in this book !,

A Highly presentable copy that would make a prized addition to any library!

THIS COPY IS In Excellent CONDITION FOR ITS AGE!

This book is NOT ex-library and has NO remainder marks.

Here is your chance to own a VERY scarce, highly collectible piece of literary history listed for much more elsewhere online. This book is an excellent investment which has been steadily increasing in value and will continue to do so.

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