Mounteney Jephson Emin Pasha and the rebellion at the Equator. A scarce book: an engrossing

A scarce book: an 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. The author was actually sent on the mission to Emin Pasha by Henry Stanley who wrote the Prefatory Letter and also revised and collaborated on the writing of this book. An important narrative of early English governing in Equatorial Africa.

His book revealed an unknown side of the governor’s leadership style in Africa, one which was weak and ineffective. "It was not until I had witnessed many deplorable examples of his weakness and vacillation that I began to lose faith in his judgment, and it was not until afterwards, when I had conversed frequently with his people and himself about things in his province, and the repulse of the Mahdi’s forces four years before, that I found out that Emin had only told part of the story." - Preface. 

With the Revision and Co-operation of Henry M. Stanley, D.C.L. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. One of the better condition pictorial cloths, slightly bumped at edges. Slight cracking of hinges, professionally repaired and strengthened. Foxing on few pages, but generally a clean copy. With map & numerous illustrations. 480 pp. A previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown