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Hird, Frank : H M Stanley: The Authorized (Authoritative) Life

London: Stanley Paul & Co, 1935

Hardback, first edition, good++ condition, no dust-jacket, publisher's original black clothboards dull and a little rubbed at edges with gilt blocking to front and spine, 320 pages including index plus 8 pages adverts, frontis + 16 b/w photo illustrations, 16cm x 23.5cm, small 'Boots' sticker to front paste-down, edges of pages a little soiled when book closed but otherwise clean tight and bright,---------Contents :Foreword by author; Denbigh and st. Asaph, 1841 to 1856 brynford, tremeirchion, liverpool 1856 to 1859 new orleans 1859; new orleans. The mississippi 1859 to 1861;arkansas. The american civil war. 1861 to 1862;united states merchant service. United states navy. Journalism. Expedition to asia minor. 1862 to 1867;hancock expedition against american indians. 1867. British abyssinian expedition. 1868 suez canal. Syria. Spain. 1868;spain. 1869; opening of the suez canal. Palastine. Turkey. Persia. India. Zanzibar. 1869 to 1871; in search of livingstone. 1871journey to ujiji. News of livingstone. 1871meeting with livingstone. 1871 lake tanganyika.parting with livingstone. 1872 zanzibar. Paris. London. 1872london. Meeting with queen victoria. New york. 1872 america. Spain. Ashanti expedition. 1872 to 1874london. " new york herald " and " daily telegraph " african expedition. 1874 victoria nyanza. Uganda. 1875 the unknown river. 1876stanley falls. Discovering the course of the congo. 1877 london. Brussels. Paris. Zanzibar. The congo. 1878 to 1879 creation of the congo free state. 1880 to 1882 brussels. Paris. Return to the congo 1882 to 1884 congo state conference at berlin. 1884 to 1885;london. American nationalisation. 1885; london. The congo railway. America. 1885 + 1886; london. Emin pasha relief expedition. Brussels; sandringham. 1886 to 1887;cairo. Zanzibar. Yambuya. 1887;the ituru forest. Albert nyanza. Meeting with emin pasha. 1887 to 1888; albert nyanza. Search for the rear column. Banalya. 1888 return to albert nyanza. Departure with emin. Discovery of the mountains of the moon and albertine source of the nile. Bagamoyo. Zanzibar. 1888 to 1889;zanzibar. Cairo. Brussels. London. 1890;london triumph. Engagement. Marriage. 1890; the rear column controversy. Lecture tours in america, england, australia, and new zealand. 1890 to 1891;london. Readmission to british nationality. Election to parliament. South africa. Grand cross of the bath. 1891 to 1900; furze hill and london. 1900 to 1904; appendix; bibliography; index; ;

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