Gleichen count albert edward wilfred (2 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: London HMSO, 1905
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Shapero Rare Books, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichShapero Rare Books
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition; 2 vols., 4to (30.5 x 26 cm); double portrait frontispiece, copiously illustrated with photographs, 2 large folding colour maps, discreet blind stamps to early leaves, a couple small marginal tears to maps repaired; publisher's original green cloth, black lettering to upper boards and spines, all edges speckled red…, a little rubbing and soiling, a very good set; xiii, 371; viii, 236 pp. Scarce official survey of Sudan under the Anglo-Egyptian government, with only 1,500 copies of the first volume and 1,000 of the second produced. Compiled by Lord Albert Edward Wilfred Gleichen (1863-1937), who served in the Guards Camel Corps in the Sudan campaign in 1884â"85, the Second Boer War in 1899â"1900, and then as Sudan agent in Cairo from 1901 to 1903. The work covers geography, history, natural history, tribes and sheikhs, language, ethnology, archaeology, divided into regional sections. The second volume is devoted to routes and distances for practical use by officers.
Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichMaggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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In den WarenkorbSecond Edition. Frontispiece and numerous sketches and plans to the text. Some sporadic light foxing, otherwise very good in recent black half morocco. xii, 320pp. Chapman & Hall, .
