[SOLD] Wm Perry Fogg – Travels and Adventures in Egypt, Arabia and Persia

An unusual, attractive, illustrated travelogue of a late 1870s voyage from the Levant, through Egypt, the Red Sea to the Arabian Gulf. Encompasses Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, Jerusalem, Jaffa, the Suez Canal, Aden, Busheir, Persia, Baghdad, Karbala, Nineveh and Basra.

350 pages plus publisher’s adverts and catalogue to rear.

Hardback, original cloth boards, gilt text block. Published by Ward, Lock and Co. Undated, but likely to be early 1900s. First published in c.1880s.

Toning and fading to front/rear boards and spine but still bright. Bumping to corners. Previous owner’s stamp to front endpaper, otherwise pages clean and bright inside with no spotting. Binding slightly loose at inside front board but otherwise robust.