Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia by Prime, William C - 1857

NY: Harper & Bros., 1864 Later Printing. Boards worn and soiled. Front hinge cracked, back hinge starting. pencil marking on last page of preface and rear flyleaf. Pages 381/382 and 383/384 have tears and are missing small pieces at their lower right corners not affecting text. Text mildly foxed throughout and paperstock is a bit tanned and brittle. No markings in text. . Hard Cover. Poor.

Harper and Brothers. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/None. Green gloth, gilt lettering . Cloth worn and soiled, with indentations; endpapers soiled, foxing on a few pages.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Later printing. Some loss to spine head and to spine base, front hinge starting, pencil gift note on first blank. 1860 Hard Cover. 498, [6] pp. In 1856, journalist, writer, and art historian, William Cowper Prime, wrote this enthralling travel memoir of a voyage up the Nile. It was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream done at a time when Nile travel was not as convenient or safe as it would be even 25 years later. Visiting all the major temples and sites of ancient Egypt, writer Prime is humorous, engaging, and at times thrilling. He provides a picture of a land that is no more, as temples have disappeared and development has encroached on the antiquities. Prime later helped found the art history department at Princeton and was associated closely with the Metropolitan Museum in NY.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Original blue gilt ruled covers, wear with minor soiling, 1st edn, missing fep, from a Brooklyn public school (PS#10), ads in rear, darkened eps and some pages show traces of foxing, wear, decorations, illustrations, 498pps.

New York.: Harper and Brothers., 1858. Publisher’s re cloth, gilt spine title, . Very good, light wear to spine ends, light toning to pages, tight and unmarked.. 8vo., 20x13 cm.. weight: 1.4 lb. Scattered illustrations in text.

New York: Harper. Original brown cloth. Small spot on spine, very slight wear at head and foot of spine, previous owner's name in pencil, Very Good. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1868.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1866. Later Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth, spine cloth faded, some silverfish flecking on spine, cloth extremities worn ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 498 & ads pages .

New York: Harper. Original brown pebbled cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1866.

Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Circulating library bookplate, some wear to spine cloth ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 498 & ads pages .

New York: Harper and Brothers. Very Good. 1857. Hardcover. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks including a card envelope at the rear. Rebound in an orange library buckram with new end pages. The covers are scuffed and soiled. The contents are bright and complete in 498 pages plus ads. Good. .