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Consulter la cote et le prix de Amelia B Edwards A Thousand Miles Up The Nile 1891 Antique English Egyptology Travel & Exploration Textual Figures & Illustrations, 1891



Description : Title: A Thousand Miles up the Nile Author: Amelia B. Edwards - Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveler and Egyptologist. Her most successful literary works included the ghost story The Phantom Coach (1864), the novels Barbara's History (1864) and Lord Brackenbury (1880), and the Egyptian travelogue A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877), which described her 1873–1874 voyage up the Nile River. In 1882, she co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund (now the Egypt Exploration Society) and became its joint Honorary Secretary. In 1889–1890, she toured the United States lecturing on Egyptian exploration. [Courtesy WIkipedia] Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, Limited City: London Year: 1891 Binding Style: Hardcover Pagination: 499 pages Width: 7 Height: 9.25 Book Details: In the winter of 1873–1874, accompanied by several friends, Edwards toured Egypt, discovering a fascination with the land and its cultures, both ancient and modern. Journeying southwards from Cairo in a hired dahabiyeh (manned houseboat), the companions visited Philae and ultimately reached Abu Simbel, where they remained for six weeks. During this last period, a member of Edwards' party, the English painter Andrew McCallum, discovered a previously unknown sanctuary that came to bear Edwards' name for some time afterwards. Edwards wrote a vivid description of her Nile voyage, titled A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877). Enhanced with her own hand-drawn illustrations, the travelogue became an immediate best-seller. [Courtesy Wikipedia] Condition / Notes: This antique volume is bound in red cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering, ornamentation, and illustration on the spine and front cover. The spine cover shows chipping and partial detachment near the top. There is light rubbing at the extremities. The binding is solid. The text block is adorned with gilt edges and yellow endpapers. The frontispiece depicts the Great Rock-Cut Temple. The title page features a vignette. The pages show mild age toning and scattered light to moderate foxing, mostly in the margins. This work includes numerous textual and full-page illustrations by the author. For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $6.50
Prix: 75.00 USD 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 150 USD-300 USD 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.

À propos du lot n° 3310
Titre : Amelia B Edwards A Thousand Miles Up The Nile 1891 Antique English Egyptology Travel & Exploration Textual Figures & Illustrations, PÉRIODE : 1891
National Book Auctions, Salle de vente , Freeville, US 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Titre de la vente : Books, Art and Ephemera - Hogarth, Egypt, London, Maps, etc.
Date de la vente : 24/07/2016 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Référence de l'enchère : Live Sale

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