Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 314

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(STANLEY, HENRY MORTON.) The American Testimonial Banquet to Henry M. Stanley, In recognition of his Heroic Achievements in the cause of Humanity, Science & Civilization. 7 photographic plates, comprising 5 portraits of Stanley, W. G. Stairs, Thomas Heazle Parke, Robert Henry Nelson, and A. J. Mounteney-Jephson, and 2 images of the Stanley Testimonial Shield and medallions. Title, text, and plates mounted on 6 leaves of stiff card. 8vo, 249x161 mm, original embossed leather with Stanley's name on shield with stars, stripes, and eagle, spine ends and joints rubbed; scattered foxing. Sold at Christie's South Kensington on 24 September 2003 as lot 98, described as "Property from the Henry Morton Stanley Collection." [London, 1890]