Rambles in Egypt and Candia, Vols 1&2
by C.Rochfort Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1837. Rambles in Egypt and Candia (Crete) with details of the military power and resources of those countries and observations on the government, policy and commercial system of Mahammed Ali. The author, C.Rochfort Scott was a Captain in the Royal Staff Corps created in 1800 for the purposes of tactical military engineering. Volume One, xx, 348pp, frontispiece and 2 full page plates. Volume Two, vii, 358pp, frontispiece plus two full page and one folding plate. Both volumes have moderate foxing to the end papers and the frontis to volume one. The texts throughout are remarkably clean. The contemporary bindings show a little wear but are tight and the hinges good.. Half Calf. Good Plus. 220x140mm.
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- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24183
- Title
- Rambles in Egypt and Candia, Vols 1&2
- Author
- C.Rochfort Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 220x140mm
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Wadard Books PBFA
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Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...