A Private Journal in Egypt from May 1894 to May 1895.

Name: A Private Journal in Egypt from May 1894 to May 1895.
Author: Attfield, D. Harvey.

Book Description

“For Private Circulation Only.” 8vo. pp. x, 261; port. frontis., one folding map of the Red Sea, one fold map of Soda Lake, Wyoming; good in the original cloth, gilt, minor wear to head of spine, cloth to fore- edge of upper boards scuffed and bubbled. A presentation copy from the author’s parents to Howard Williams, Bushey.

Dealer Notes

Kalfatovic 0924. Attfield was Quarantine Medical Officer at Port Suez, where he boarded each vessel for inspection purposes. He eventually returned to England, where he became Medical Officer of Health for Watford. The present book reproduces the journal of his first year in Egypt, and describes his social life, visits to other parts of Egypt, the Suez Canal (including its history). A few copies were published by his parents for friends. It includes appendices on Wyoming in 1891 and Munich in 1892.

Author Attfield, D. Harvey.

Date 1895

Binding Original cloth

Publisher Printed by Spottiswoode & Co.

Condition See description

Pages pp. x, 261

Price: £175.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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