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rif. 6128913508Papeback. New. pp. 168 unknown
1983rif. 20264Geneva: Nagel Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 61 plans in black and white 6 maps and plans in colors. Including publisher mail-in card and "note of control" card laid-in. In VG slipcase; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 815 pages . 1983. 2826307266 . Nagel Publishers hardcover
rif. 18692Boston: Dana Estes & Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and a bit darkened; Tourist Edition. Nd 1901 . Including Appendix consiting of letters from Assouan describing the new barrage by Dana Estes an American Tourist of 1901; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 348 pages . Dana Estes & Company hardcover
1921rif. 18312London: Thos. Cook & Son. Very Good. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Internally a nice and tight copy. Small pinhole to title page.; Fold out maps in NF condition; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xx 955 pages . 1921. Thos. Cook & Son hardcover
1882rif. 18018Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good. Hardcover. Minute tears to spine ends. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; A nice and early edition: Decorative brown boards with gilt pictorial design of the boat. Gilt spine lettering.; 8vo; 496 pages . 1882. Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
1908rif. 17408Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good-. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to spine and spine heels. Two maps detached but present. Edges a bit tanned; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 439 pages . 1908. Karl Baedeker hardcover
rif. 17501New York: A. L. Burt Company. Very Good. Hardcover. Later printing. ND seemingly from the 1920's.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 454 4 pages . A. L. Burt Company hardcover
1852rif. 13640New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. Hardcover. Boards with light wear to extremities. Label on front endpaper. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Light foxing to first few pages; Decorative dark brown boards with gilt pictorial decoration and gilt frame; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 320 pages . 1852. Harper & Brothers hardcover
rif. 12514Paris: G. Doin & Co. . Very Good. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. Tape to both endpapers; INSCRIBED by author to half-title page. DJ front bound in. No date ca. Late 30s. In French. Various newspaper clippings laid in; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 249 pages . N.D. G. Doin & Co. hardcover
1901rif. 12329London: George Allen. Very Good. Hardcover. Bound into the book is a nicely written typed letter to the book's recipient. Folding map in front pocket; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 94 pages . 1901. George Allen hardcover
1952rif. 11448London: Compagnie Universelle Du Canal Maritime De Suez. Very Good. Softcover. Light wear to extremities and spine with slight staining to soft wraps; The history of the construction of the Canal with numerous photos and several charts and two fold-out maps. INSCRIBED on first page by Monsieur Dominique De Grieges to Edwin Sunderland; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 76xxv pages . 1952. Compagnie Universelle Du Canal Maritime De Suez paperback
2014rif. 454641Lockwood Press 2014. 1st. paperback. New. 132x8x168. Lockwood Press paperback
1891rif. 64118London: George Routledge and Sons 1891. 8vo. xxvii 1 499 1 pp. Illustrated title page frontisp. w/ original tissue guard over 70 woodcut text engravings. Brick-red pictorial publisher’s cloth gilt illustrated borders of camel & pyramids gilt gray & black lettering very minor chipping head of spine minor edgewear slight scuffing still a VG bright copy w/ former ownership markings on endpapers. Second edition revised of this informative and well-illustrated work on her travels through Egypt and Egyptology by the famed Victorian Egyptologist world traveler journalist and author. Edwards 1831-1892 sailed a dahabiyey up the Nile to Abu Simbel and spent six weeks excavating at the Temple of Rameses II and writes against the pillaging and destruction of tomb looters. George Routledge and Sons, hardcover
1888rif. 56383London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co. 1888. 4to. ix 1 187 7 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Blue-gray publisher’s cloth black ruling & gilt lettering on front cover & spine minor rubbing shelfwear slight bumping to corners still VG bright copy. First edition of this anthology of historical and descriptive sketches along with travel through Victorian Egypt by the noted journalist and manager of “The Times.” He sent newspaper and magazine reports during the Arab revolt of 1882 the subsequent British occupation and was well remembered for his telegrahpic description of the bombardment of Alexandria. Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., hardcover
1938rif. 53557Alexandria Egypt: W.F. Nicholson Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. Egypt & Near East Branch 1938-1939. Oblong 4to. 12.5 x 9.75 in. 48 pp unpaginated. thick black paper stock w/ 177 black & white silver gelatin photos on glossy photo stock tipped-in sized from 2.5 x 3.5 in. up to 4 x 6 in. with nearly all including white ink captions below or on the sides white ink manuscript for title page. Contemporary embossed & padded simulated leather post-binder album painted embossed cover illustration of Ancient Egyptian figures leading bulls papyrus reeds sewn into fore-edges with some loss rounded corners minor edgewear rubbing wear to corners still a VG- exemplar. This excellent photo album documents the trip of a Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. insurance executive to their Egypt & Near East Branch office in the Fall of 1938 to 1939. Nicholson fl. 1920-1940 begins with photo images of the voyage off France Italy & Sicily to Egypt in the Tyrrhenian Sea on the P&O RMS Cathay with images of Stromboli the Chateau d’If Marseilles and shipboard passengers. These are followed by photos of the arrival in Port Said the stay in the historic Eastern Exchange Hotel now demolished street scenes in the native quarters the harbor piers lighthouse views of the Suez Canal and more. Included as well are photos of mosques and monuments in Port Said street and water scenes in Ismailia a trip through the desert to an oasis by Alexandria in a 1932 Ford Coupe with views of camels and the car in the market his arrival in Alexandria as well as the interiors of the company offices on 33 Rue Cherif Pasha in Alexanderia. There are many photos of Alexandria including the Royal Palace the College of Saint Mark the Strand the Mahmoudieh Canal street scenes gardens and more. The album closes with views of Cairo the museum Zuwela Gate the Citadel built by Saladain the Mameluk Tombs funeral procession Nilebride boat many of the pyramids and Tutankhamen’s Tutankhamun treasures in the Cairo museum. The Northern Assurance Co. was founded in 1836 as the North of Scotland Fire and Life assurance Co. renamed in 1848 and by the early 20th century had become a specialty company in the marine insurance and shipping insurance business and had established their Alexandria Egypt branch office in 1855. See: Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. fl. 1836-1968 Univ. of Aberdeen Special Collections. W.F. Nicholson, Northern Assurance Co. Ltd., Egypt & Near East Branch, hardcover
1921rif. 43653London: Hodder and Stoughton 1921. 8vo. ix 3 336 pp. Photo frntsp. Red cloth gilt lettrng mnr rubbng edgewear hnges startng some foxng to endpapers still a G copy from the library of Humphrey Bagnall Vernon b. 1895 Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards w/ armorial bkplate on frnt pstdn. Second edition of this fascinating posthumous memoir of these amusing series of anecdotes by one of the most important British officials of Victorian & Edwardian England. The work provides a revealing portrait of the deeply ingrained cultural biases while the Empire controlled Egypt. Of particular interest is an unconsciously biting assessment of Lord Kitchener with whom he served as Aid-de-camp in the Sudan. Hodder and Stoughton, hardcover
rif. 1937040291.Gdiary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
rif. 63737c.1880. . Albumen print pasted on original card. Good tonal range and in good condition manuscript title on card. Dimension: 200 x 290mm. 8 x 11.5 inches. c.1880]. unknown
rif. 60432c. 1880s. . Albumen print pasted on original card. Fine tonal range in good condition. c. 1880s. unknown
rif. 60971c.1880. . Albumen print. Good rich tones and an enchanting image showing a street in Cairo with a mosque and domestic dwellings. Numbered in negative; Dimensions: 250 x 200mm. 10 x 8 inches. [c.1880]. unknown
rif. 71314c. 1880s. . Albumen print loose. Dimensions 20 x 26 cm. [c. 1880s]. unknown
rif. 65163c.1880. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. [c.1880]. unknown
rif. 616611884. . Albumen print. Rich dark tones and in good condition. 1884]. unknown
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