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STANLEY, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904). Explorer, administrator, author and journalist. Autograph Letter Signed to W H Bates, 2 facing pages 8vo (a little soiled), 2 Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, 31 December 1895. Declining to help. '... I have seriously reflected on it - but I find so many other engagements likely to thwart me at an unexpected moment that it would be imprudent to bind myself to do what a chance might render impossible. ...' [No: 20569] The image is of the first page only.
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