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Colour illustrated wraps 12 x 20cm. Printed by McCorquodale & Co, London. (1) + 84 + (1)pp including numerous b/w photos and related advertisements + 1 folding route map + 1 folding sheet with floor plans, fares etc. Near fine with some marks and light creasing. Probably prepared and published by Sudan Government Railways themselves, who were headquartered in Atbara at this time, circa 1910-11, as it is advertising their Winter Service Season 1911-12. This guide to high end tourism in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan includes a history of the Sudan Government Railways up to 1909, practical advice, circular tours, south of Khartoum, antiquities, big game hunting etc, together with a list of agents. Adverts are for Egyptian State Railways and Thomas Cook. The final page gives a detailed "Important Notice" by order of the Governor-General at Khartoum, strongly advising against the paying of Bakhshish. The route map of the Nile Valley stretches from the delta to Gondokoro in Uganda. The other sheet contains floor plans for the steamers Sudan and Britain's first and 2nd class accommodation, and for railway sleeping and dining cars with b/w photos to the recto. The verso contains timetables for the Nile and Red Sea routes, baggage rates, fares from Khartoum to Rejaf including special rates for European servants. Rare. According to OCLC, this appears to be a first edition, with others following in the 1920s. Other OCLC entries for this list only 72pp, which, if the same, would be omitting the List of Agents (pp 73-84 in this copy). Seller Inventory # 3674
Bibliographic Details
Title: Sudan Government Railways and Steamers [1911...
Publisher: Sudan Government Railways, ( Atbara and Khartoum )
Publication Date: 1910
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine
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