The Masterpiece of Amelia B Edwards..."A thousand miles up the Nile" 1891 second edition published by Routledge in attractive pictorial boards with wear on corners and edges and spine,some shelfwear,stains on boards and partially on spine-see photos. Internally very good and complete,very light stains but overall clean pages and illustrations. Endpapers tanned. A stain on two blank pages at beginning. 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.