A Thousand Miles Up the Nile

Amelia B. Edwards
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1889.
Second Revised Edition.

23.5cm x 16cm. xxvii, 499 pages, 1 colour plate, black and white illustrations. Decorated blue cloth, gilt lettering, all edges gilt.

With upwards of seventy illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson, after finished drawings executed on the spot by the author. First published in 1877. In a bright pictorial publisher’s binding in red, brown, and gilt with the crest of Brisbane Girl’s Grammar School overprinted in gilt to front board. Brisbane Girl’s Grammar award certificate pasted to verso of front board.

Wear and minor soiling to cloth, particularly crown and tail of spine. Minor to moderate foxing to pages. Very minor tanning. Very Good Condition.

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