Author: Worsfold, W. Basil.
Title: The Redemption of Egypt.
Description: London: George Allen, 1899. 1899. - Quarto, 9-3/4 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Light blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine with a blue & white illustration of a camel's head mounted on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The covers are rubbed, the spine darkened with a large 3 inch portion of the cloth lacking from the bottom of the spine. xvii, [i] & 333 pages, illustrated with 4 color plates, 20 black & white plates and profuse textual illustrations. Ex-library, withdrawn and discarded by the Tivoli Public Library, with their stamp on the front pastedown, the word "discard" in red crayon on the front endpaper, a brown numbered slip on the rear pastedown and the remnants of a label on the rear endpaper. Despite its flaws, a good tight copy.

First edition.

"In this book I have endeavoured to give some account of the physical and social characteristics of Egypt, and to exhibit these characteristics in connection with the work of political reorganization and industrial development which is now in progress." -- From the author's preface. Good .

Keywords: TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; EGYPTOLOGY; AFRICA; EGYPT; CAMELS; PYRAMIDS; REDEMPTIN OF EGYPT; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; COLOR; HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL; SOCIAL; GOVERNMENT; MOSQUES; 1ST EDITION; EDUCATION; ARABIAN ART; MEDIEVAL CAIRO; RAILWAYS; SUGAR, FINA

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