UP THE NILE - A Photographic Excursion, Egypt 1839-1898
by Bull, Deborah & Donald Lorimer; Bernet
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517535122
- ISBN 13
- 9780517535127
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Clarkson N. Potter Inc, Crown 1979.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Photos. Oblong quarto, hardcover, VG in good, lightly edgeworn brown and white pictorial dj. Foreword by Anne Horton. 130 - 19th century photos, supplied by Sotheby Parke Bernet. First Edition. 131 pages plus index. The daguerreotype, the first photographic process, was presented in France in1839, and only months later, the golden age of photographing in Egypt began. Here, in an album of photographs never before gathered in one place, is a comprehensive and exciting view of the beginnings of photography and modern travel as well. Some of the most striking representaions ever collected, these pictures invite the reader along on the journey from Cario to Nubia in the 1800's.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62946
- Title
- UP THE NILE - A Photographic Excursion, Egypt 1839-1898
- Author
- Bull, Deborah & Donald Lorimer; Bernet
- Illustrator
- Sotheby Parke Bernet, Photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517535122
- ISBN 13
- 9780517535127
- Publisher
- Clarkson N. Potter Inc, Crown 1979.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1979
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