Observations in the East, chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor.
first edition
1845 · New York
by Durbin, John P. (1800-1876).
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First edition. Good. 21 cm; 2 volumes. xii, 347; 299 pages, four folding maps, and 18 full-page steel-engraved plates with tissue guards. Bound in original publisher's cloth, blind-stamped on both boards. Title stamped in gilt letters on spine. Covers somewhat stained, continued as a damp mark on the fore-edge of volume one (diminishing after first 15 leaves). Crown and heel of volume one torn and repaired. Minor blemishes very widely scattered in text. Text block sound, clean and entire. Good to very good condition overall. (Inventory #: 4827)