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Ismailia: A Narrative Of The Expedition To Central Africa For The Suppression Of The Slave Trade
Sir Samuel W. Baker, Pacha, M.A, F.R.S, F.R.G.S, Major General of the Ottoman Empire.
Ref. 115259
Published By: Macmilllan and Co. 1874 (London)
'...Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt.' 2 VOLS written by the Major-General of the Ottoman Empire. Maps, portraits, and upwards of fifty full-page illustrations by Zwecker and Durand. Attractive green cloth-bound boards with matching gilt pictorial to both front boards and illustrative gilt to both spines. Some pages appear untrimmed.
Condition is as follows. Vol. I: Foxed and dog-eared fold-out coloured map to front alongside intricate frontispiece portrait of Sir Samuel Pacha by C.H. Jeens with original dust cover. Foxing up to first chapter page. Clean and bright throughout. Hinge broken between p.128-129 but intact. Foxing to back endpaper. Brown pastedowns. Corners bowed, top one broken. Small torn hole to spine and wear to head and tail. Cloth has a small tear to front hinge. Scratches to back. Vol. II. Scratches to front board, corners worn. Spine worn to head and tail and minor stain to middle. Frontispiece of Lieut.-Colonel Abd-El-Kader with original tissue guard. Foxing to ffep. and p.371. Hinge loose in places but intact. Hinge starting between p.480-481. and toward back (detached at very top).
Overall, a good condition rare set, bright and clear throughout.
Book Condition: Good (See Description)
Size: 8vo
Binding: Hardback
