Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE -MELLY (George).Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles. (London): Colburn and Co., 1851. First edition. Vol. II only, of 2. ix, 309, [8, publisher's cat.] pp. Tinted lithographic frontispiece (of Ipsamboul). Maroon cloth binding, with gilt lettering to spine. Printed yellow endpapers. Size: 8vo (20.3cm x 13.2cm).Very Good to Good condition. Some wear to binding, rubbing and light bending to corners, cloth at head of spine starting to split along hinge on one side, and minor abrasion to cloth at head and foot. Sunning to edges of binding and to spine. Slight lean to spine. Some foxing to frontispiece, and far less so to facing title page. Othweise pages generally clean and quite bright. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.Volume 2 only, of the FIRST EDITION of this two-volume travelogue by George Melly, who recounts a trip through Egypt into Sudan, much of it on the Nile. I have been trying to locate a Volume 1 to pair it with for some time, but it appears the book is so rare that my quest may be Quixotean. key words:
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: George Melly
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Africa
Publisher: Colburn and Co.
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1851
