Book Description

vi, [7]-47 p. : ill. 11.cm x 18.cm. Softcover hand-book. Illustrations by Frederick Smythe; after William Beverley. Very good condition. Original wrappers have sustained little wear, and the pages within are tight, clean and bright. Full Title: A Hand-book to Mr. Albert Smith's entertainment, entitled the Overland Mail being a reminiscence of travel on the homeward route from Suez to Boulogne, via the Desert, Cairo, the Pyramids, Malta, Marseilles, and Paris.
Dealer Notes
Booklet 'complied with the intention of furnishing the public with a few of the more practical details' of the journey on which the entertainment was based. Illustrated with engravings of some of the scenes.

Albert Richard Smith (1816 – 1860) was an English author, entertainer, and mountaineer. He studied medicine in Paris, and his first literary effort was an account of his life there. He was one of the most popular men of his time. In 1851 he ascended Mont Blanc, and the year after produced at the Egyptian Hall the descriptive entertainment, which he called "Mont Blanc," describing the ascent of the mountain and the Englishman abroad.
Author Albert Smith
Date 1850
Binding Softcover
Publisher A.R. Smith
Condition Very Good
Pages 48

Price: £275.00

Offered by Mayfly

Friends of the PBFA

For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.

Please email info@pbfa.org for more information

Join PBFA

Membership of the PBFA is open to anyone who has been trading in antiquarian and second-hand books for a minimum of two years subject to certain criteria.

Email info@pbfa.org to find out more, or complete the enquiry form.

complete the form