John Bayle Frederick (2 results)

Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. Réunion de trois ouvrages en un volume : -1 "Two years' residence in a Levantine family, and Adventures in the Lybian desert, and the oasis of Jupiter Ammon" par Bayle St John, 187 pages. -2 "Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. With notices of the native tribes, and anecdotes of the chase of the Lion, Elephant, Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Rhinoceros." par Roualeyn Gordon Cumming. 223 pages. -3 "Four years in the Pacific : in Her Majesty's ship "Collingwood," from 1844 to 1848" par Frederick Walpole, 216 pages. Texte sur deux colonnes. Reliure frottée avec large manque de cuir au dos, mors fendus, plats tenus par un papier de renfort, coins émoussés. Intérieur en très bon état. Réf 17597 In-8, 187, 223, 216 pages, reliure demi-basane verte à dos lisse.

New York: Putnam. 1850. 8vo. Publisher's morocco-backed cloth-covered boards; pp. 244, 19-26 (publisher's advertisements), head of spine a little worn; light spotting internally, a good copy of an uncommon title.Second US edition of this highly readable travel book on Egypt and Libya, written by the English traveller and writer who lived in France. This is his first travel book. "As a traveller and observer he was a reliable social commentator; his personal reminiscences are written in an entertaining, often humorous style, and his scholarly research was thorough. His writings were particularly esteemed in France, his adopted home, and met with some success in both Britain and America" (ODNB). St. John had learned Arabic in Egypt and wrote several books on the country and the surroundings.