Grinsell, Leslie.

Egyptian Pyramids.

John Bellows. Gloucester 1947. Tan cloth boards. 194pp illustrated b/w plates, maps, diagrams. 4to. Small neat signature inscription. corners bumped. a sound clean G-VG copy. no dustwrapper. A review of Lower Egypt pyramid construction & architecture from existing texts and author's own research.

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Book number: 21918

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Keywords: egypt north africa pyramids architecture

More, Jasper.

The Mediterranean.

Batsford. London 1956 1st edition. Blue cloth boards. 336pp illustrated b/w photos, maps.. 8vo. No inscription, bookplate ffep o/w VG condition in VG pc.d/w. A clean and attractive copy. The last chapter alone is devoted to the North African shore,

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Book number: 20963

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Pakenham, Thomas.

The Mountains of Rasselas. An Ethiopian Adventure.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1998 2nd edition (1st edition thus). Title argent on navy blue cloth boards. Illustrated colour 4to. 300mm x 250mm x 20mm. 1.3kg. No inscriptions. A Fine copy in VG+ dustwrapper (minor wear, no chips, tears, or loss). An excellent copy. ISBN: 9780297823698 An updated and illustrated version of the original edition published in 1959. Author retraces his footsteps, adding historical insight and new colour photography to his original story with its original illustrations. "In preparing this new edition I have added various photographs, including twenty in colour taken this year. I have also corrected a few misjudgments in spelling ... and excised some detail that seemed irrelevant to the main narrative. Otherwise I have left the book as I wrote it: a period piece".

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Book number: 28594

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Pakenham, Thomas.

The Mountains of Rasselas. An Ethiopian Adventure.

Seven Dials. London 1999 1st edition thus. 175pp softcover illustrated colour 4to 290m x 240mm x 15mm. 1.0kg. Neat gift inscription, 2 minor repairs not immediately noticeable, contents otherwise unmarked, hence a VG copy. ISBN: 9781841880051 An updated and illustrated version of the original edition published in 1959. Author retraces his footsteps, adding historical insight and new colour photography to his original story with its original illustrations. "In preparing this new edition I have added various photographs, including twenty in colour taken this year. I have also corrected a few misjudgments in spelling ... and excised some detail that seemed irrelevant to the main narrative. Otherwise I have left the book as I wrote it: a period piece".

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Book number: 29216

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Thomas, Benjamin E.

Trade Routes of Algeria and the Sahara. Volume 8. No. 3.

University of California Publications in Geography. Berkeley December 12th 1957. Buff wraps. pp. 165-288, plate 21. 36 maps. No inscriptions. wraps tanned, 1" loss at head of spine. Excellent contents in sound binding. Part 1. Northern Algeria. Part 2. The Sahara. A review of ancient camel routes and modern road, rail, and air routes. Many maps. extensive bibliography.

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Book number: 5255

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Keywords: north northern africa african western sahara algeria micheline dietrich autorail tunisia barbary bone constantine rocade sud maison blanche timbuktu camel routes geography