Letters from Egypt A Journey on the Nile, 1849-1850 Unknown - 1988

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Grove/Atlantic, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Grove Press, 1987. US edition (hardback). Oblong 8vo (20cm by 23cm), 224pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0802115322

Grove Pr, 1988-03. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

New York: Grove Press, 1988 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Florence Nightingale was twenty-nine when she visited Egypt in the winter of 1849-50 with her friends Charles and Selina Bracebridge. A journey to the fabled land of the Arabian Nights was a fantastic adventure at that time, and Florence wrote long, picturesque letters to her family describing her visit and her views of the country, its history and its people. These letters were edited and privately printed by her sister, Parthenope, in 1854 and were greatly admired by those who read them, but they have never before been published. Attractive, intelligent and extremely well read, Miss Nightingale was one of the earliest women to make such a journey, and she researched her subject well. Her letters are a fascinating account of life in a country whose greatest asset, its past, had only recently been discovered. They are also a valuable record of a way of life that has now vanished. And they are an extraordinary account into the… Leer más

New York : Grove Press, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in illustrated boards, in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 223 p.: ill.; 20 x 23 cm. Subjects: Egitto -- Descrizioni -- Viaggi -- 1849-1850. Illustrated. History. Egypt Description and Travel. Genre: Illustrated.

Grove Pr, 1988-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!