W. Basil Worsfold — The Redemption of Egypt

London, George Allen, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this copiously illustrated physical, social, and political account of Egypt in the late nineteenth century. The first edition.In the original decorative brown cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, 3 further coloured plates, 20 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. A work by William Basil Worsfold, a British writer and barrister who graduated from the University of Oxford. He wrote and published many books during the late 19th and early 20th-centuries on British colonial history, particularly South Africa.This volume is an account of the physical and social characteristics of Egypt, in connection with the political reorganization and industrial development taking place at the time. With the bookplate of Thomas J. Barratt, an English businessman who was the chairman of the soap manufacturer A. & F. Pears. A pioneer of brand marketing, he has been called "the father of modern advertising". In publisher's original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart, Slight fading to spine, with light bumping to the head and tail. Thomas J. Barratt's bookplate to front paste down, with offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .