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Wilson, Colonel Sir Charles.. Picturesque Palestine Sinai and Egypt. VOLUME ONE ONLY.. J. S. Virtue & Co, London, 1880.

Price: US$97.51 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Volume I: x, 240 pp, 12 steel engravings (1 frontispiece & 1 vignette), approximately 144 full & part page wood engravings, contemporary brown cloth, title gilt on front cover & spine, all edges gilt, index, cover soiled & rubbed, light damp stain to lower corner of frontispiece and title pages not affecting text or vignette, occasional light foxing, otherwise in overall good condition. #32484.

Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Witney, United Kingdom

Wilson, Charles William Sir. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Vol.IV.. J. S. Virtue and Co., Limited, London, 1880.

Price: US$111.15 + shipping

Description: 26 x 32 cm. ca.1880. 236 S. Vierter Teil von vier Bänden. Leinen mit Goldprägung und Goldschnitt. Sprache: Englisch, Holz und Stahlstiche. Buchrücken angeplatzt. Stark bestoßen und berieben. Vorsätze stärker fleckig und beschmutzt, akzeptabel. Hinweis: Versandkosten müssen bei Auslandsversand evtl. angehoben werden.

Seller: Antiquariat "Der Büchergärtner", St. Ingbert, Germany

Wilson, Charles. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Vol. II.. J.S. Virtue and Co. Limited, London, 1880.

Price: US$133.39 + shipping

Description: 32,5 x 25,5 cm. ca. 1880. 238 S. 2. Band von 4. Bänden. Leineneinband, goldgeprägt. Goldschnitt. Sprache: Englisch, Mit zahlreichen Gravuren auf Stahl und Holz. Buchrücken angeplatzt und stärker beschädigt. Buchgelenk ganz leicht gelockert.Berieben und bestoßen. Innenleben altersbedingt sehr gut. Hinweis: Versandkosten müssen bei Auslandsversand evtl. angehoben werden.

Seller: Antiquariat "Der Büchergärtner", St. Ingbert, Germany

Wilson, Charles. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Vol.III.. J.S. Virtue and Co. Limited, 1880.

Price: US$133.39 + shipping

Description: 32,5 x 26 cm. ca.1880. Vol.III. 240 S. Leineneinband, goldgeprägt, Goldschnitt. Mit zahlreichen Gravuren auf Stahl und Holz. Buchrücken angeplatzt, stärker bestoßen und berieben, Schmutztitel etwas fleckig, sonst gut. Hinweis: Versandkosten müssen bei Auslandsversand evtl. angehoben werden.

Seller: Antiquariat "Der Büchergärtner", St. Ingbert, Germany

WILSON, Charles W. (ed). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt (4 volumes). J.S. Virtue & Co, London, 1880.

Price: US$631.43 + shipping

Description: Undated & with edition not stated - probably 1880s. A handsome set, with a little foxing, minor wear to board corners & bumping at head & foot of spine. With numerous engravings on steel and wood. This is a very heavy set (about 11kgs packed) and extra postage may be required Used - Very Good. VG large hardbacks in chestnut cloth with black

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Wilson Charles Sir. Picturesque Palestine Sinai and Egypt [ Complete in 4 Volumes ]. J. S. Virtue, ;ondon, 1880.

Price: US$975.13 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Complete in 4 volumes. Books measure 32.5x26.5.cm. Collation, x, 240pp, 4pp booklist, vi, 240pp, 4pp booklist, vi, 240pp, vi, 236pp, 4pp booklist, 41 plates, including vignetts, text illustrations throughout, 2 double page maps. [ Lacking one plate, Mount Carmel ]. Bound in original publishers decorative brown cloth, full gilt edges, coloured endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor abrasion wear on edges, gilt volume number for volume III at a different height on spine. Generally bindings in very good clean condition. Internally, occasional minor spotting. Pages and plates in very good cleann condition. A nice clean set. Size: Quarto

Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom

Sir Charles William Wilson. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. J. S. Virtue & Co 1880-1884, London, 1880.

Price: US$1560.20 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Eight parts of the very scarce 'Subscriber's Only' edition of Charles William Wilson's comprehensive study of late nineteenth century Palestine. Eight parts of the very scarce subscriber's only edition of this work, which was issued in forty-one parts between 1880 and 1884, in illustrated publisher's wraps.This work explores Palestine, Sinai and Egypt and discusses the history of notable locations in the region. It was edited by Charles William Wilson was a British Army officer, geographer and archaeologist.Published in four volumes between 1880 and 1884, it is possible that these parts appeared prior to the publication of the complete edition of the work, and were intended to be bound together once publication of new parts had concluded.Consisting of:Volume I, Part I, illustrated with one plate.Volume I, Part III, illustrated with one plate.Volume I, Part VI, illustrated with one plate.Volume II, Part XVI, illustrated with one plate.Volume II, Part XVIII, illustrated with one plate.Volume II, Part XIX, illustrated with one plate.Volume III, Part XXIX, illustrated with one plate.Collated, complete.Also present is an unknown part of volume IV, illustrated with one plate, and lacking the publisher's wraps and a significant number of text leaves.With further vignette illustrations to each part. In the publisher's original illustrated paper wraps. Front wraps generally bright, but with handling marks and chipping to perimeters. Significant spotting, handling marks and residue to rear wraps. Parts II and III detached from wraps, with plates detached and loosely inserted, and front wrap of part III only tenderly held. Wraps of part VI detached, with loss to rear wrap. Front and rear wraps of part XXVIII detached. Wraps of Part XIX detached from binding. Final unknown part of volume IV lacking wraps, with significant discolouration and handling marks to leaves, and lacking a number of leaves to the rear. Final leaf of this part only partially present. Internally, bindings strained and tender, with a number of leaves detached and only loosely inserted Pages generally bright and clean, with some areas of spotting and discolouration. Fair

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

WILSON, Sir Charles [William] [1836-1905].. Picturesque Palestine. London: J.S.Virtue And Co., [1880-84]., 1880.

Price: US$1665.00 + shipping

Description: 4 Volumes. 4to. titles in red & black. 2 double-page maps, 42 steel-engraved plates (include. titles), & numerous wood-engravings in the text (some full-page). contemporary half chagrin, t.e.g. (rubbed, short split in one joint, endleaves replaced, library markings on verso of titles, small paper labels on spines, occasional foxing). Röhricht 2891.

Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada

Wilson, Sir Charles; Canon Tristam; Capt. Conder; M E Rogers; Selah Merrill; Henry H Jessup; Sir Charles Warren, Prof. Palmer C. Pickering Clarke; Stanley Lane-Poole. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai And Egypt, 4 Volumes (With 41 Additional Loose Plates). J. S. Virtue and Co, London [circa 1880], 1880.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Vol 1: X;Vi; 240; Vol 2: Vi, 240; Vol 3 Vi, 240; Vol 4 Vi, 236. Half Morocco [Spine And Tips) Over Purple Pebbled Cloth; Spines With 5 Bands, Six Compartments, Gilt Title And Volume Number, Ornate Gilt Decorations In Other Four Compartments; Original Yellow Endpapers; All Edges Of Page Block Gilt. Undated But Circa 1880. Front Hinge To Vol Ii Cracked, Binding Solid. Original Leather Recently Professionally Conditioned And Refreshed, Professional Repairs To A Few Splits At Top/Bottom Of Spine Edges; Gilt Bright; No Names, No Marks, No Bookplates. Also With An Additional 41 Loose Plates (From Another Copy Of This Set, Or Perhaps Never Bound). Shipping Weight About 30 Pounds, Insurance Required, Shipping Requires Additional Charges Depending On Destination.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.