The Repose in Egypt - A Medley - With Illustrations

Troy, New York: Nims & Knight, 1889. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 5 1/4" X 7 1/2. 391 Pages. Navy cloth binding with gold lettering to the spine and front board. Copyright 1888 -published 1889. There are very few defects as the pages are not age-tanned, there are no marks or stamps. Page six has a ½ inch closed tear at the bottom. Tight square book maybe very light wear to cover corners. Remarkable excellent condition for an 1889 publication. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Contents in 22 Chapters; The Burden of Egypt, The Landing, Suez and Sinai, Crossing the Red Sea, Alexandria, Obelisks, Cleopatra, To Cairo, The Rise of the Nile, At Heliopolis, The Flight into Egypt, The Return of the Holy Carpet, The Pilgrimage to Mecca, Mecca the Sacred City, Pilgrimage, The Repose, Poetry and Music of the Arabs, The First Cinderella A Tale of the Red Pyramid, In the Isle of the Lily The Story of the Three Kings, In the Isle of the Lily Thalia's Story, Still in the Isle of the Lily Antiquary's Story, and Conclusion. List of Illustrations: An Egyptian Woman Frontispiece, Head of Menephthah, the Pharaoh of the Exodus, On the Banks of the Nile, Head of Rameses II, Head of Thothmes II, The Asp, The Ibis, Egyptian Standards, Forms of Ibis, Egyptian Vases and Amphorae, Egyptians Ploughing and Hoeing, The 'I'omb-Charnber of the Third Pyramid, The Sphinx of the Pyramids, View of the Great and Second Pyramids, Band of Six Musicians, Egyptian Systrum, The Twin Colossi of Amenophis III, Pharaoh Necho, An Egyptian King Destroying His Enemies, Egyptian Columns, Egyptian War Chariot, nd Crown Prince of the Ottoman Empire. Along the Bosphorus The First Voyage 1390 b.c., The Second Voyage A.D. 1884, One Woman A True Romance, In the Harem, Wedding Customs in the East, and At Yildiz Palace. The dedication reads - To the two dear fiends with whom I learned that travel is the saddest of pleasures.