Maxwell Somerville — Sands of Sahara

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. Maxwell Sommerville's scarce and vivid exploration of the Sahara, a wonderful travel work complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work.Maxwell Sommerville's fascinating and impressively detailed work on the Sahara desert, the largest hot desert on the planet. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty plates.Collated, complete.Sommerville was a colourful character who was associated with the Penn Museum in its early days.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'With loving good wishes from Edith + Dora, November 14 1905&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with a few light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .