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Author: H.D. Rawnsley Title: Notes For The Nile Together With a Metrical Rendering of the Hymns of Ancient Egypt and of the Precepts of Ptah-Hotep (The Oldest Book in the World)Publication: First UK Edition 1st Impression Published By William Heinemann London 1892………….(See Pictures) Condition and Status of The Book: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher’s original burgundy cloth boards with gilt title lettering to the spine and upper cover.This copy has NO previous owner’s names or inscriptions present.Contents remain clean internally with just a little offsetting/browning to the front endpaper.There is just a slight cracking to the front gutter hinge join.Canon H.D. Rawnsley was a co-founder of the National Trust, but that is not all.He was a great advocate for the English Lake District and wrote many works on The Lakes.He was an educationalist,and animal welfare enthusiast and he also served as a Parish Priest for over 30 years and appointed a Canon of Carlisle Cathedral and an Honorary Chaplain to King George V.This charming book was written in 1892 by a founder of the National Trust is regarded as a classic of high Victorian travel writing. After three journeys to the East, Rawnsley decided that existing guide-books were not sufficiently explicit and set out to write this witty and informative account that reflects a highly likeable character to whom it is impossible not to warm. Beginning with observations such as ‘everything can be got in Cairo except good English tea’ and ‘never expect your guide to know anything about Egyptian history or the monuments up the Nile,8vo 344pp + 8 pages of Publisher ads to the rear of the book dated March 1892.First Edition [1892] Free Within The UK Sent Worldwide & Europe and Shipped in a Box We are PBFA Members and Adhere to their guidelines on selling
