Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East. [Eothen]

x, 232 pp. 8vo. Original full leather, black leather spine label, gilt titles & double rules. Early adventures in Egypt, Syria, and Palestine by Alexander William Kinglake, a historian and travel writer. Originally published anonymously in 1844, and reprinted by numerous publishers shortly thereafter, both under the full title Eothen; or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East., and under the subtitle only. The author spent ten years in the Middle East before writing this account.