Sir William Garstin — Despatch from His Majesty"S Agent and Consul-General at Cairo
London, Printed for His MajestyÂs Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1904 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed official British survey of the Upper Nile, with extensive hydrological data and irrigation planning, illustrated with plates and folding maps. In a contemporary half calf binding with cloth boards. First edition. A detailed official report on the hydrology, geography, and engineering potential of the Upper Nile basin, including the Victoria Nyanza, Albert Lakes, and the Bahr-el-Gebel, with extensive data on river discharge and irrigation schemes.Illustrated with forty-six monochrome plates and fourteen plans and maps, including multi-sheet general map, extensive river sections, Lake Tsana plans, and a longitudinal section of the Atbara. The special map of the Bahr-Gebel between Bor and Shambe Showing the Channels of the Eastern Marshes to accompany appendix VI has been torn at the gutter and is fully detached, but present, loosely inserted. Collated, complete.Compiled by Sir William Garstin, Under-Secretary of State for Public Works in Egypt, the work reflects British imperial surveying and hydraulic engineering efforts in East Africa at the height of colonial administration. In a half calf binding with cloth boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in loss to calf, more so to head of spine. Spine faded and rubbed, with minor loss to spine label. Front and rear hinges strained, but holding. Slight rubbing to boards. One or two handling marks to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Map accompanying appendix VI has been torn at the gutter and is fully detached, but present. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks to fore edge. One or two small closed tears to maps at points of extension. Good . Ill.: None Stated. Good .
