The Land of Israel; a journal of travels in Palestine... by TRISTRAM, H.B

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1865. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. This copy has been rebound in brown buckram cloth. New half-title page. Damp staining to edges of about 50 pages. Fold-outs maps..

Paperback / softback. New.

SPCK, 1865.

Hardback. New.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1876. Book. Illus. by Chromolithograph Frontispiece & 3 Others, 2 Folding Maps, and Profuse Woodcuts. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Stated Third Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Near fine, recent black calf binding, with green labels and raised bands on the spine and fresh gilt titles. Nice marbled endpapers in black and beige. All edges gilt. Pages xx, 651 with index. Inside, very clean and tight. Tristram also spends some time on the eastern side of the Jordan, including at Petra. Maps and plates are complete, as called for. .

London, SPCK, 1882, Fourth edition, revised. . original pictorial gilt cloth, spine with elaborate gilt design & gilt title lettering, partly unopened, lightly rubbed at edges, map with crease else near fine. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 651 pp, 4 fine plates printed in colors, including frontis, 8 other plates, numerous engraved illustrations in text, 2 folding maps (one of Holy Land with the author's routes printed in red, other color map of the Dead Sea), index. . A very well illustrated and detailed account of the author's extensive travels in the Holy Land with observations on life, customs, peoples, scenes, buildings, geology, wildlife and nature, including areas which were normally inaccessible in those days, especially in the Dead Sea area and surroundings. The author wrote a number of highly respected books on the area. The first edition was 1865. This edition has index of subjects and geography, index of natural history, index to scripture. Roehricht 2798. Tobler 203. A picture… Read More

London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1865. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. quarto. Type: Book pp XX, 651. 1st printing. Bevelled edges. Re-backed using original spine. Prior owner details to HTP.

London, SPCK, 1866, Second edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, spine with elaborate gilt design & gilt title lettering, title label lightly chipped, internal hinge cracked but firm, few leaves lightly foxed, else clean, very good overall. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 656 pp, 4 fine plates printed in colors (chromolithographs), including frontis, 8 other plates, numerous engraved illustrations in text, 2 folding maps (one of Holy Land with the author's routes printed in red, other colored map. . A very well illustrated and detailed account of the author's extensive travels in the Holy Land with observations on life, customs, peoples, scenes, buildings, geology, wildlife and nature, including areas which were normally inaccessible in those days, especially in the Dead Sea area and surroundings. The author wrote a number of highly respected books on the area. The first edition was 1865. This edition has index of subjects and geography, index of natural history, index to scripture.… Read More

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1882. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (small). Fourth edition, revised. Half contemporary calf, brown pebbled cloth, black spine label, gilt titles and compartments. A.E.G. xx, 651 pp. With [2] folding maps (one in colour), [8] B&W plates, [4] colour plates w/ tissue guards, and numerous engravings in text. Spine cocked. Some light rubbing to leather, small chips from spine head, a few scuffs. Near fine overall. A beautifully illustrated and detailed account of the author's extensive travels in the Holy Land with observations on life, architecture, geology, and natural history, including areas which were typically inaccessible in those days, especially in the Dead Sea area.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1865. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in decorated cloth xx + 651pp., colour frontis., engraved plates, text ills., maps, indexes, Inc. 2 large fold-out maps & 4 colour chromolithographic plates. Re-backed retaining original decorated boards & spine. Scarce