1893 1st ed Henry Stanley AFRICA African Fables My Dark Companions Livingstone
“If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”
― David Livingstone
While Henry Stanley was exploring in Africa, a voyage in which he found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, he heard dozens of fables and stories from locals. He rewrote and published these fables under the title ‘My Dark Companions’, a collection of 19 stories which Stanley thought best exemplified the culture of the African natives.
1893 1st ed Henry Stanley AFRICA African Fables My Dark Companions Livingstone
“If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”
― David Livingstone
While Henry Stanley was exploring in Africa, a voyage in which he found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, he heard dozens of fables and stories from locals. He rewrote and published these fables under the title ‘My Dark Companions’, a collection of 19 stories which Stanley thought best exemplified the culture of the African natives.
Item number: #5019
Price: $399
STANLEY, Henry
My dark companions and their strange stories
London : Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited St. Dunstan’s House, 1893. First edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- [viii], 335, [1], 30
- illustrated with black and white engravings
- Language: English
- Binding: Cloth hardcover; tight and secure
- Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
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5019
Categories
Asia, Africa, & Middle Eastern
Voyages & Exploration & Maps
Authors
STANLEY, Henry
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete