The autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Stanley, Henry M

Houghton Mifflin, 1909.

Fine copy.  Bound in publisher's red cloth. Gold lettering, map of Africa on front, Bula-Matari.  [v]-xvii, 551 pages plates, map 24 cm. Hardcover.  Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Book plate remanant inside cover. Contents: The workhouse --Adrift --At sea --At work --I find a father --Adrift again --Soldiering --Shiloh --Prisoner of war --Journalism --West and East --A roving commission --The finding of Livingstone --England and Coomassie --Through the dark continent --Founding the Congo state --The rescue of Emin --Work in review --Europe again --The happy haven --Politics and friends --In Parliament --South Africa --Farewell to Parliament --Furze Hill --The close of life --Thoughts from note-books.