The American testimonial banquet to Henry M. Stanley
London: c.1890. Binding: contemporary full calf rebacked expertly, title in gilt on flat spine, upper and lower board with decorative blind motifs and ruling, gilt edges.
, Notes: Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841 – 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his pioneering work that enabled the plundering of the Congo Basin region by King Leopold II of Belgium, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899., Size: Quarto (4to.), , Illustration: Illustrated with photographic portraits of Henry Stanley, W.G. Stairs, Thomas Heazle Parke, Robert Henry Nelson, and A.J. Mounteney-Jephson by Henry van de Weyde, with the addition of photographs of Stanley Testimonial Shield and medallions designed by Henry Wellcome; each of the photographs and the text boxes are mounted to blue paper on top of gilt-edged cards., Category: Book Photographic Album;. A very good and attractive copy.
. Item #B6136
Binding: contemporary full calf rebacked expertly, title in gilt on flat spine, upper and lower board with decorative blind motifs and ruling, gilt edges.
, Notes: Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841 – 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his pioneering work that enabled the plundering of the Congo Basin region by King Leopold II of Belgium, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899., Size: Quarto (4to.), , Illustration: Illustrated with photographic portraits of Henry Stanley, W.G. Stairs, Thomas Heazle Parke, Robert Henry Nelson, and A.J. Mounteney-Jephson by Henry van de Weyde, with the addition of photographs of Stanley Testimonial Shield and medallions designed by Henry Wellcome; each of the photographs and the text boxes are mounted to blue paper on top of gilt-edged cards., Category: Book Photographic Album;.
Price: $1,500.00