First edition. 2 volumes in one. 6 coloured chromolithographic plates, with woodcuts in the text. 8vo. Original red cloth, bumped at corners, tailcap frayed. A little foxing to the foreedge and tissue guards, else very good. ppxv, 650pp. plus 6pp.ads. London, Routledge, 1869.
A well-written account by the journalist and “Prince of war correspondents” of travels through Egypt and the Near East. With sections on the Crimea, Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.
