Amelia B. Edwards - A Thousand Miles up the Nile - 1890

The Masterpiece of Amelia B Edwards..."A thousand miles up the Nile" 1890 second edition published by Routledge in attractive pictorial boards with light wear on corners and edges and head and tail of spine especially with losses,some shelfwear,see photos. Internally very good and complete,clean pages and illustrations. Edwards, a journalist and novelist, published this travelogue shortly after returning from her first voyage to Egypt, a trip which prompted her subsequent dedication to Egyptology and archeology. Edwards's passion and her evocative writings helped inspire much support for the protection and study of Egyptian monuments. In addition to numerous wood-engraved illustrations done after drawings by the author, the volume features a photolithographic facsimile of a hieroglyphic inscription at Abou Simbel. Rarity.