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British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-01-10. Paperback. Good.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-01-11. Paperback. Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The modern History and Condition of Egypt, its climate, diseases, and capabilities, etc., exhibited in a personal narrative of travels in that country..

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The modern History and Condition of Egypt, its climate, diseases, and capabilities, etc., exhibited in a personal narrative of travels in that country..

Paperback. New.

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British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Arkose Press. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Old moisture stain to frontis. Plate portrait of Ibrahim Pascha. Slight edgewear to spine. Contents clean, no marking or writnig. Binding sturdy, square and tight. 643 pp.

exhibited in a personal narrative of travels in that country: with an account of the proceedings of Mohammed Ali Pascha, from 1801 to 1843; interspersed with illustrations of scripture history, the fulfilment of prophecy, and the progress of civilization in the East. In Two Volumes, with illustrations. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1843. Or.green cloth, rebacked, new endpapers. LXXXVI, (2), 511; VII, 643 pp. Complete with all 14 lithographs (some tinted) and one illustration in the text. Some brownings and stains, especially on some plates. Still a set in reasonable condition.

London UK: Smith Elder and Co, 1843. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. This is a two volume ex-library set. This set has been professionally repaired and rebacked, now very sturdy and intact. library stamp (also stamped withdrawn) on inside front covers, no other stamps. new endpages and pastdowns. pages show some light foxing. small previous owner's name on title page. shipping will be extra for this set, please inquire. 1155 pages. ; Two Volume Set; 6 x 9 1/8

London: Smith, Elder, and Co.,, 1843. A talented Scottish medic in Egypt First edition of this spirited and engaging account, illustrated with simple but appealing illustrations, lithographed by Hullmandel from Yates's own sketches. "A very interesting work by a medical man who travelled extensively in Egypt c. 1840... Yates also provides an extensive general commentary on political events in Syria, Crete and Egypt in addition to the ordinary account of his travels" (Blackmer). The Scottish doctor William Holt Yates remains a frustratingly shadowy figure. We do know that he was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society (admitted 1834) and president of both the Royal Medical and Royal Physical Societies of Edinburgh, and senior physician to the General Dispensary at Aldersgate in the City, during a time when the young David Livingstone was taking extracurricular studies there. The publication of his book was timely as there was growing interest in Egypt following the Oriental Crisis of 1840, when… Read More