Alfred Milner — England in Egypt

London, Edward Arnold, 1894 . Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of Alfred Milner's detailed account of British involvement in Egypt in the nineteenth century, with a folding map. A very scarce work.The new edition, first published in 1892.A presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the first blank, with a presentation bookplate to the front free endpaper.Presented to the Toynbee Hall Library. Toynbee Hall is a charitable institution that works to address the causes and impacts of poverty in the East End of London and elsewhere. In the original blue cloth binding.A work by Alfred Milner, a British statesman and colonial administrator who played a very important role in the formulation of British foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and the early 1920s. From December 1916 to November 1918, he was one of the most important members of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's War cabinet.This volume is a detailed account of British involvement in Egypt following its military occupation in 1882.Illustrated with a coloured folding map. In publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart. Fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Light rubbing to rear board and joints. Toynbee Hall bookplate to front paste down. Presentation bookplate to front free endpaper, inscribed by the author. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Author's gift inscription to first blank. Stamp to first blank, half title page, title page, and first two pages of the preface. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .