Amelia B. Edwards. A thousand miles up the Nile. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1889.

Price: US$180.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 4to. xxvii. 499 p. Bound in publishers blue cloth. Pictorial design in cloth on spine and front cover. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Foxing to prelims and title page. Owners signature to second blank. Library stamp to title page and rear pastedown. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1889.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Early issue of the second U.K. edition, following the first edition of 1877. Edwards, a journalist and novelist, published this travelogue shortly after returning from her first voyage to Egypt, a trip which prompted her subsequent dedication to Egyptology and archeology. J.A. Symonds noted that "It is this enthusiasm for old Egypt, running powerful and deep throughout [A Thousand Miles] as an undercurrent to its many other interests, that gives its real charm to the work" (The Academy, XI, 65); Edwards's passion and her evocative writings helped inspire much support for the protection and study of Egyptian monuments. In addition to numerous wood-engraved illustrations done after drawings by the author, the volume features a photolithographic facsimile of a hieroglyphic inscription at Abou Simbel. Light shelf wear. Beautiful book. Clean

Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.