A very RARE and beautiful and interesting travel book...."Backsheesh! Or Life and Adventures in the Orient, with descriptive and humorous sketches of sights and scenes over the Atlantic, down the Danube, through the Crimea, in Turkey, Greece, Asia-Minor, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, up the Nile, in Nubia, and equatorial Africa, etc., etc. ..." First 1875 edition written by Thomas W. Knox. Book in good condition for age. Externally light wear around edges and corners, shelfwear, light stains on boards, spine lightly sunned, light wear head and tail of spine-see photos. Inside pages toned but clean, First blank Pages with wear on margins, a few pages repaired with blank tape on margins. Last 50 pages with light ancient water sign on a margin-see photos. Missing rear free endpaper with wear on rear pastedown. Scarce!!! Perfect Christmas gift