1864 Sinai and Palestine Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Illustrated Folding Maps

Description: Click here to see our other books! Sinai and Palestine in Connection With Their History Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1864 John Murray : London 8.5" by 5.5" [2], lviii, 560pp SUMMARY A calf bound edition of Stanley's sacred history of Egypt, Arabia, and Syria, an interesting work illustrated with colour folding maps. Colour Plates,Folding Maps,Folding Plates,Illustrated,Leather Binding Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 23.99 EU Postage: £ 18.99 European Postage: £ 19.99 Asia Postage: £ 31.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 32.99 DESCRIPTION This travel and historical work of Sinai and Palestine is based on Stanley's travels through Egypt and the Holy Land in the winter and spring of 1852-1853.In particular the author traveled to places of sacred important in Egypt, Arabia, and Syria, travelled from the winter of 1852 to the spring of 1853.This work discusses the history of the locations as well as the geography and religion.Illustrated with a colour folding graph to the frontispiece, six colour folding maps, and in-text woodcuts.Collated, complete.By Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, an Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. Stanley was co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund, an organisation with the aim of carrying out surveys of the topography and ethnography of Ottoman Palestine, with a remit that fell somewhere between an expeditionary survey and military intelligence gathering.The twelfth thousand. CONDITION In a full calf binding. Externally, rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. A very small amount of loss to the head of the spine. A few light marks to the boards. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Overall Condition: Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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