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Suez--Vetch, James.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Inquiry into the Means of establishing a ship navigation between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. London, 1843, presentation copy from the author, folding map, original cloth, bookplates of Institution of Civil Engineers and Henry Blackmer, housed in a modern folding box with the Borde work (see below)
De Lesseps, Ferdinand. Percement de l’Isthme de Suez exposé et documents officiels. Paris, 1855, 2 folding maps, contemporary roan-backed boards, bookplate of Henry Blackmer--Lynch, Thomas Kerr. A Visit to the Suez Canal. London, 1866, tinted lithographed additional title and 9 plates, folding map, original cloth--[Russel, Alexander] Egypt: The Opening of the Great Canal. Edinburgh, 1869, first edition, 8vo, original cloth, bookplates of Signet Library and Henry Blackmer--Suez tracts and pamphlets. A bound volume containing 10 tracts, pamphlets and extracts relating to Suez in English and French. 1850s and 60s, contemporary red half morocco gilt--Borde, Paul. L’Isthme de Suez. Paris, 1870, 3 folding maps, original wrappers; and three other pamphlets relating to Suez, together 9 volumes (9)