Emin Pasha and the rebellion at the Equator [...].

8vo: xxiv-490-[2] pp.; 46 pl. (foxing).

Publ. cloth (sl. frayed).

First ed. (simult. British and American ed.) of this engrossing account of Mounteney-Johnson's travels and harrowing experiences in the Equatorial Province from 1888-89 with Emin Pasha. He recounts in riveting detail the harsh and unfair treatment he received while in Emin's territory and indeed of his long imprisonment there. An important narrative of early English governing in Equatorial Africa. Ill. with 23 full-page pl., 22 pl. in-text, a coloured folding map and a large facs. folding letter in Arabic.
Ref. BML. - BnF. - Opac KBR.