The Book Shed

shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, a name blacked out on the third blank page which bleeds through to the top of the frontispiece, creasing to the front endpaper, two words blacked out on the rear endpaper, else clean and unmarked. Hinges intact and tight. In green and gilt cloth, maps present. First edition,same date. Joel T. Headley was an American clergyman, historian, author, newspaper editor, adventurer and politician who served as Secretary of State of New York....Henry Morton Stanley had been sent to find (David Livingstone) by the New York Herald newspaper in 1869. He found Livingstone in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on 10 November 1871, apparently greeting him with the now famous words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Livingstone responded, "Yes", and then."--Wkipedia. Stanley completed several other explorations in Africa. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!