The Nile - Notes for Travellers in Egypt
by E A Wallis Budge
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Wellington, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1905. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. gilt xxiv 808 pp hardback, illustrated. A very clean, tight and rare copy in original brown cloth in very good condition. . Title in gilt lettering on spine and upper boards, incl. gilt tooled hieroglyphs between a gilt border also on upper cover. Red marbled endpapers and marbled edges. . Octavo. Pp. 808. Plus folded map as frontispiece, "Cook's Map of The Nile: Wadi Half to Khartum" and 2 other maps of Cook's steamer and Dahabeya service on the Nile, all 3 maps with hand-coloured routes. With illustrations and plans. bound in the original publisher's brown full cloth on limp boards, gilt decoration to cover, marbled endpapers and edges ~ Ninth edition. One small split to fold out map.
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- Bookseller
- The Last Word
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4188
- Title
- The Nile - Notes for Travellers in Egypt
- Author
- E A Wallis Budge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth Edition
- Publisher
- Thos. Cook & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Africa Egypt Nile Travel Guide
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