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Peel, Sydney

The Binding of the Nile and the New Soudan

1904

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Year of publication
1904
Place of printing
London. Edward Arnold
Author
Peel, Sydney
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
Travel - Africa
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 16]; viii, 288, [16, publisher's ads, dated Feb 1904] pp, engraved mezzotint frontis (port of Mehemet Ali), folding colored map (4 cm split at fold, tear). original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, very small ink stamp of Lilliput post office on corner margin of frontis, rubbed at spine edges, corners, hinge cracking but firm, good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The book is in two parts, the first dealing with the control of the Nile for irrigation, and the second on Soudan (or Sudan), covering society, slavery, trade, social conditions, etc.