This little-known work from Thackeray's early career, written while he was still an impecunious journalist and before the success of "Vanity Fair", shows the style which was soon to make him a major literary figure. It is a lively account of his journey in 1844 to the Eastern Mediterranean, via Gibraltar, Malta and Rhodes, to visit the newly-fashionable extensions to the Grand Tour of Constantinople, Jerusalem and Cairo. Thackeray travels by steamboat, itself a novelty, and gives his impressions of the people, antiquities ...
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This little-known work from Thackeray's early career, written while he was still an impecunious journalist and before the success of "Vanity Fair", shows the style which was soon to make him a major literary figure. It is a lively account of his journey in 1844 to the Eastern Mediterranean, via Gibraltar, Malta and Rhodes, to visit the newly-fashionable extensions to the Grand Tour of Constantinople, Jerusalem and Cairo. Thackeray travels by steamboat, itself a novelty, and gives his impressions of the people, antiquities and buildings which had already begun to captivate the imagination of the British public. These impressions combine to make a spirited and witty travelogue - sometimes irreverent, sometimes cynical, but vivid in description. The illustrations, some of which have only recently become accessible, are by leading orientalist painters of the period, a number of whom were visited by Thackeray on his journey and are featured in the book.
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Add this copy of Cornhill to Grand Cairo to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Trafalgar Square.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 11x8x0; The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Pages toning with age, otherwise Text and images unmarked. DJ sunned, worn & toned with small stains around edges. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
Add this copy of Cornhill to Grand Cairo to cart. $13.01, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Emerald rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Trafalgar Square.
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Add this copy of Cornhill to Grand Cairo to cart. $16.18, very good condition, Sold by Balfour Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sidmouth, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Cockbird Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Very Good Copy in Very Good unclipped D/J. End papers free of inscriptions with clean text and glorious b/w and colour illustrations. Bottom edge of boards have been rubbed in one place, otherwise very presentable.
