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| BARTLETT, W. H. The Nile Boat or Glimpses of The Land of Egypt London, Bell & Daldy. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Various Illustrators. 229 pp. "A new edition illustrated with thirty-three steel engravings from drawings executed expressly for this work". Gilt edges. Original wood effect glossy cover decorated in gilt with a Nile boat vignette to front board. Engraved title page "Departure of the Kangia from Old Cairo", engraved frontispiece: "Karnak-Grand Hall", title page, foldout map, 2 foldout panoramas of Alexandria, silk covered end papers. Some foxing. Mild shelfwear to spine. Numbers of pages 37 and 39 are switched (originally in the printing). Brittle spine. Good +. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 001179 Click here to order or inquire at Kedem Rare Books - Eran Reiss. | ||
| MAC GAHAN, J. A. Campaigning on the Oxus and the Fall of Khiva London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle. 1874, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Verestchagin, Capt. Feodoroff. Language: English. 438 pp. Original cover of red cloth. Shelf wear. Loose hinges. Damaged spine. Cover fixed. Foldout map and many illustrations. Good +. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 001165 Click here to order or inquire at Kedem Rare Books - Eran Reiss. | ||
| GRISAR, JOSEPH Eine Fahrt Ins Morgenland. Coblenz, Goeress. 1897. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Language: German. 184 pp. A journey to the Orient, to the lands of the bible. (Gothic script). Chapters titles with small etchings of travel sites and views. The journey course according chapter-titles: von Coblenz nach Triest (from Coblenz to Triest); Von Triest nach Alexandrien (from Triest to Alexandria); Kairo (Cairo); von Port Said nach Beirut und Jaffa; Jerusalem; Ritt zum Jordan und zum Todten Meer (Ride to Jordan and to the Dead sea); Ritt durch Judaea, Samaria und Galilaea; Von Haifa ueber Constantinopel nach Hause. Book condition: original decorated cover with some shelfwear marks - rubbing to edges and hinges, tears to head and tail of spine, and to upper fore edge of back cover; some staining to cover; mild foxing to inner cover and textblock. very Good (-). USD 240.00 [Appr.: EURO 160.25 | £UK 144.25 | JP¥ 21182] Book number: 001441 Click here to order or inquire at Kedem Rare Books - Eran Reiss. | ||
| MOUNTENEY-JEPHSON, A. J. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months' Experience in the Last of the Soudan Provinces London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1890, Second Edition. Hard Cover - Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Various Artists. Languages: English. 490 pp. with map and 46 illustrations (full-page & text illustrations). An illustrated cover; Author's portrait illustrated frontispiece. Mehemet Emin Pasha (1840-1892) was a German physician and naturalist who became the governor of Equatorial province in Africa between 1878-1889. Born as Isaak Eduard Schnitzer to a Jewish family in Oppeln, Silesia, and was baptized at age 7. Joined the Ottoman service at 1870, serving under the northern Albania governor Ismail Hakki Pasha. When Hakki-Pasha died, in 1873, Emin took his widow and children back to Germany. In 1875 he arrived in Egypt and settled in Khartoum, there he changed his name to Muhammad al-Amin ("Mehemet Emin"), practiced medicine and collected plants, animals and birds, of which he was sending samples to European museums. In 1876 he moved to Equatoria following an invitation from governor Charles Gordon, and served as chief medical officer of the province. In 1878, Emin was appointed as governor of Equaoria. The 'Mahdi's Revolt' against the Egyptian-British control, led by Muhammad Ahmed Al Mahdi, started in 1881, and by 1883 isolated Equatoria from the rest of the world. Emin and most of his people withdrew to Wadelai near Lake Albert, in the south. This book contains a copy of the Mahdi's letter (in Arabic) to Emin Pasha, demanding his surrender. Emin was determined to stay in Equatoria. In 1886, a rescue expedition was organized in Europe. Amongst its members was Arthur J. Mounteney-Jephson, the author of this book. Sir Henry Morton Stanley, an American explorer, was the Head. The expedition went up the Congo River and through the Ituri Forest; most of the crew died along the dangerous way. Stanley reached Emin in April 1888, yet Emin still insisted on staying. After a year of argument and indecision, and spending time in a prison together with Mounteney-Jephson, Emin was convinced to leave Sudan. The book was written with the revision and co-operation of Henry Morton Stanley. Book condition: some shelfwear rub to cover, small tears to head and tail of backstrip and to front hinge; some looseness of joints; very few mild stains to tissue and to fore edges. very Good (-). USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.25 | £UK 54.25 | JP¥ 7943] Book number: 001407 Click here to order or inquire at Kedem Rare Books - Eran Reiss. | ||
| PUECKLER-MUSKAU, HERMANN FUERST VON Vorletzter Weltgang von Semilasso. Ttaum und Wachen. Aus den Papieren des Verstorbenen. I. In Europa. Erste Abtheilung. Stuttgart, Hallberger'sche Verlagshandlung. 1835, First Edition. Hard Cover - Paper Boards, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. German language (gothic script). X+320+IV pp. Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pueckler-Muskau (1785-1871) was a German nobleman, a landscape gardener and gifted writer, who wrote a lot about his travels in Europe and Northern Africa (under the pseudonym "Semilasso"). Book condition: worn. Original turquoise paper cover rubbed; backstrip missing; textblock foxed. good(-). USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.5 | £UK 48.25 | JP¥ 7061] Book number: 001512 Click here to order or inquire at Kedem Rare Books - Eran Reiss. | ||
| WILLCOCKS, SIR WILLIAM The Nile in 1904 London, New York, E. & F.N. Spon/Spon & Chamberlain. 1904, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. English language. 225 pp. Original cover. Including 21 plates (folding). Very Good. USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.5 | £UK 48.25 | JP¥ 7061] Book number: 001131 Click here to order or inquire at Kedem Rare Books - Eran Reiss. |
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