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1798Best.-Nr. 181876London: printed for J. Wright 1798-1800. Mixed editions as usual. The work is formed of a collection of letters written by soldiers in Napoleon's army in Egypt published by the British as a propaganda exercise. The contents include the private accounts of foot soldiers in the campaign reports from General Damas to General Kleber and Napoleon complaining about his wife to his brother. Each letter is translated with additional footnotes. Facsimiles of both Napoleon's and Nelson's handwriting can be found on the folding plate. Provenance: from the library of Clive Richards although unmarked as such. Richards owned "the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands" according to The Telegraph. He served as vice president of the Nelson Society and was a member of the 1805 Club for 30 years. 3 vols bound in one octavo 217 x 132 mm pp. xxiv 248 4; iv xxxii 236 4; ii xx 182. Vol. 1 bound with half title. Engraved tissue-guarded folding plate and folding map tables in text; text in English and French. With 8 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary mottled quarter calf red spine label smooth spine with flat bands ruled in gilt marbled boards edges yellow. Inscribed on half-title "Chas J. Clarke April 19th 1799" verses 10-13 of Horace's Ode 1.37 inscribed in pencil on front free endpaper recto. Spine a little stripped head chipped extremities slightly rubbed tips bumped contents a little toned and foxed: a very good copy. ESTC T148911; T122998; T121981; Sandler 853. "Clive Richards City financier and owner of the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands - obituary" The Telegraph 23 April 2021. hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 179529Primarily Egypt: 15 December 1927 - 19 January 1928. Mummies rather too plentiful An animated account of an Essex family's winter getaway in Egypt comprising lively descriptions of Cairo's many sights and sounds humorous observations and a detailed record of their itinerary. The writer Arthur George Aldous 1867-1942; his signature appears on the first page pursued a career with the civil service in North Borneo before retiring to Dedham in Essex. He was accompanied to Egypt by his wife Alice Maud Mackenzie Young 1870-1944 and their daughter Elizabeth 1906-1964 whom he calls "A and B." Embarking the P&O vessel SS Narkunda they reached Port Said shortly after Christmas their time onboard recorded in enjoyable detail. "Cook's people deserved full marks for the way they saw us through customs nothing examined!. Port Said seems to have grow quite a lot and on the surface at least to be somewhat more respectable than of yor" 28 December. They reached Cairo the same day and 20 pages of the journal describe their time in the city up to their departure on 7 January 1928 during which period no day was uneventful. A trip to the bazaar gave his daughter the chance to buy a "Turkish harem lady's costume" 29 December and in each shop they were plied with Persian tea. They took day excursions to Memphis and to see statues of Ramesses and other historic sites "The Sphinx rather disappointed us" - 31 December and a highlight was a trip to the Egyptian Museum to see the recently installed Tutankhamun relics. "The whole museum was well worth a visit. and mummies rather too plentiful" 30 December. The holiday concludes with a visit to Italy and the journal ends on their arrival back in London. Octavo. With approx. 70 pages of neat manuscript leaves mostly written one side only several blank leaves at end. Original red roan marbled endpapers and edges. Bookplate of Charles Benson 1933-2017 of Kent UK. Light rubbing mark on rear cover otherwise well-preserved. unknown
1903Best.-Nr. 65432Leipzig 1903. 8vo. Rødt originalt shirtingbind. clxxxiv 407 s. Med karter og oversiktsplaner.8vo. Publishers red cloth. clxxxiv 407 pp. With maps and plans. Karl Baedeker Éditeur Norsk. Hinrichsen F 222.Bindet noe slitt. Navn på forsatsbladet og tittelbladet. Binding a bit worn. Name on front free endpaper and title. hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 75814Leipzig 1913. Liten 8vo. Rødt originalbind. CXC 438 s. Illustrert med farvetrykte plansjer og karter. Verlag von Karl Bædeker. Tysk. Pent eksemplar. unknown
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1895Best.-Nr. ABC_475631895. Oblong folio 28 x 39 cm. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco gilt edges. With 58 photograph prints ca. 21 x 25.5 to 13.5 x 20 cm. Mounted on both sides of the leaves in the album. 60 pp. The album contains 15 silver albumen photographs of Melbourne taken mainly from the series C. Rudd's new views of Melbourne 1886-1887 by Charles Rudd 1849-1901. They show Collins Street Melbourne town hall the public library Parliament House the Court of Law Government House and various other buildings and infrastructure as well as botanical gardens such as Fitzroy Gardens. The photographs of Sydney were the work of the renowned Australian photographer Henry King 1855-1923 born in England in 1855 who emigrated to Australia with his family in 1856. He worked as a photographer at J. Hubert Newman's studio in Sydney before opening his own studio in 1880. King gained recognition for his photographic studies of Australian Aboriginal people and his scenic views of Sydney. He died in 1923 leaving behind his wife son and three daughters. His glass negatives were acquired by J.R. Tyrrell after his death and are now held by the Powerhouse Museum. King is one of Australia's most significant early photographers. The album contains seventeen of Kings photographs of the harbour including Farm Cove and the Circular Quay Government House and interior and exterior photographs of the town hall King and George Street the Mutual Life Association Building the General Post Office and the Ferner Botanical Garden. Rural New South Was appears in nine photographs including images of Illawarra National Park the Hawkesbury River and a series of outdoor photographs taken along the coast at Blackwall and dated July 1895.This curious album of 58 photographs from France Egypt and most importantly Australia opens with a section with six photos from Marseille showing street views the city harbour the Avenue du Prado and the castles.The ten photographs from Egypt depict both the cultural highlights of the country such as the Pyramids the Sphinx the Citadel of Cairo and the Palace of Gizeh as well as ordinary Arabian villages and street scenes. They stemmed from the ateliers of the Abdullah brothers of Constantinople. The Abdullah Frères namely Viçen 1820-1902 Hovsep 1830-1908 and Kevork 1839-1918 Abdullahyan were three Ottoman brothers of Armenian heritage who gained international fame as photographers during the late Ottoman Empire. Some evidence suggests that he may have collaborated with the Zangaki Brothers and he may have been the official photographer for the Universal Company of the Suez Canal. Later he worked in partnership with the British-Italian photographer Antonio Beato.With an owners inscription in pencil "a appartenu Alfred Schmid" some photographs are captioned in black ink or pencil detailing the places. With a small label from the bookshop that sold the album: "Papeterie Sauwen-Jehotte" in Antwerp. The edges are somewhat bumped and some browning and foxing throughout. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
Best.-Nr. 21303Cairo: L. & L. Edition. Very Good. Softcover. Wraps with light rubbing to extremities. Very minor foxing to illustration pages.; A brief travel guide with a few sepia toned b&w illustrations from photographs. Rear monochrome fold-out map in red. Nd. 1930s; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 62 pages . L. & L. Edition paperback
1913Best.-Nr. 48898Leipzig 1913. 8vo. Origbd. CXC 438 s. Med karter og oversiktsplaner. Verlag von Karl Baedeker Norsk. Hinrichsen D 493.Et meget pent eks.A very nice copy. unknown
1820Best.-Nr. 60512Kiøbenhavn. 1820. 8vo. Grønne 1800-talls skinnryggbind med enkel ryggforgylling. Marmorerte dekler. VI 637 ; 726 s. . Forlagt af Boghandler A. Goldin Dansk. Ex libris. Navn på forsatsen. unknown
1940Best.-Nr. ABC_484251940. Contemporary embossed brown calf with flowers on the front and back board and an aluminium view of David's Tower and Jerusalem's old city wall embedded in the front board. Oblong album 30 x 20 cm. With 128 gelatin silver prints most ca. 6.5 x 9.5 cm. Beautiful album with 128 photographs of Egypt and Palestine present day Israel and the West Bank during the British Mandate. It was likely compiled by a British soldier who was stationed in the Middle East during the 1940s. Some of the photographs are numbered in the negative and may have been made by important photographers active in the area at the time like G. Eric Matson and his wife Edith the founders of the Matson Photo Service. The images show Cairo and various locations in Palestine including Jerusalem Bethlehem Nazareth Tiberias Sea of Galilee Nathanya Tel Aviv the Jordan river Haifa Beirut and the Dead Sea. Other than important locations like churches and gates the photographs also show many locals including for example street barbers in Cairo shepherds and farmers in Palestine and beautifully dressed women in Haifa. In the back of the work a few dried leaves from local plants have been mounted namely orange lemon fig eucalyptus grapevine and mulberry. The eucalyptus leaf still retains some of its scent.The edges and vorners of the boards are somewhat scuffed with some loss of material at the head and foot of the spine and around the edges of the embedded aluminium plate. The photographs mounted on the inside of the front board are slightly stained the fig leaf mounted on one of the final pages is damaged and the cyprus leaf is missing. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1892Best.-Nr. 21129Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit slanted. Former owner's name on first blank page.; Decorative brown boards with gilt pictorial design of the boat. Gilt spine lettering. - A description of one of the many journeys Warner took. He was a friend of Mark Twain's and also lived in Hartford CT which used to be publisher's heaven. Not unlike Twain's writing - his books are full of anecdotes and wit.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 496 pages . 1892. Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
1653Best.-Nr. 136102Alexandria: 1916-53. Politics power and position under empire A rich document of empire pageantry and elite education in British Egypt bearing some 150 dated signatures of leading political military and cultural figures from the first half of the 20th century. Among them are successive British High Commissioners - McMahon Wingate and Allenby - alongside royalty senior officials diplomats and figures from commerce and the press reflecting Victoria College's status as a focal point of imperial authority and social power. Founded in 1902 with the backing of Sir Evelyn Baring Lord Cromer Victoria College educated the sons of the Anglo-Egyptian elite and staged annual speech days that became ritualized displays of British rule. Before the Second World War when British influence was at its height the college was regularly visited by high commissioners and their entourages even during wartime. Early entries include Sultan Hussein Kamal's visit of June 1916 followed by Sir Henry McMahon and senior military and diplomatic figures connected to Kitchener and the Cairo administration. McMahon's successor Reginald Wingate contributed a full-page endorsement of the school in 1917 and Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught visited in 1918 during Allenby's Egyptian campaign. In the interwar years Victoria remained a symbol of British cultural power despite Egypt's formal independence. Edmund Allenby signed repeatedly between 1919 and 1922 later joined by his successors George Lloyd and Percy Loraine often alongside Egyptian ministers. The book also records visits connected to major political developments including members of the Milner Mission in 1920 Gilbert Clayton Sultan Fuad I and George Antonius a former pupil and later a key Arab nationalist intellectual. Other signatories range from the Sultan of Zanzibar to senior churchmen naval officers journalists artists publishers and statesmen underscoring the college's place at the intersection of British and Middle Eastern elites. The final entries chart the end of the imperial era. A 1949 inscription by Said Taha Bey marked "Visit of the Hero of Faluja" poignantly closes this compendium - a compact first-hand chronicle of shifting power personalities and allegiances in modern Middle Eastern history. Quarto. Original brown buckram ledger spine and covers ruled in black grey-green endpapers joints lined with green linen tape as issued marbled and rounded edges pages with printed blue rules approximately 65 pages with one or more signatures nearly all in ink remaining pages blank. Binding sturdy boards and contents soiled in places leaves with light foxing and browning signatures well preserved: an excellent example. Samir Raafat "Victoria College - Educating the Elite 1902-1956" Egyptian Mail 30 March 1996. hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 21173Leipzig Und Wien: Bibliographisches Institut. Very Good. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. A handsome and tight copy.; 11 color maps 31 plans and numerous b&w illustrations. Brown boards with blindstamped linear design. Gilt lettering and gilt spine lettering.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xiv 437 52 pages . 1909. Bibliographisches Institut hardcover
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