{"product_id":"algeria-the-topography-and-history-political-social-and-natural-john-reynell-morell-1st-ed","title":"Algeria: The Topography and History, Political, Social, and Natural... John Reynell Morell — 1st Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlgeria: The Topography and History, Political, Social, and Natural, of French Africa, John Reynell Morell — 1st Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2222\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2222 citation-end-2222\"\u003e London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1854\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2222 citation-end-2222\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"11\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"43\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [xv], 490.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report: \u003c\/b\u003eVery Good. \u003cspan class=\"citation-2221 citation-end-2221\"\u003eThe book remains firmly bound in its original blind-stamped publisher's cloth, exhibiting a pleasing, unoxidised brightness to the gilt tooling of the mounted Arab rider on the front board.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The spine is heavily darkened with age, bearing rubbing and minor fraying to the head and tail, while the rear board displays evidence of historical dampstaining that has discolored the cloth without compromising the binding's structural integrity. The text block is solid, with expected dust-soiling to the page edges. Internally, the pages remain largely bright, punctuated by scattered foxing that is primarily confined to the preliminaries and title page. The large folding map is intact and carefully preserved at the front of the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition. Issued as part of the publisher's \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"65\"\u003eIllustrated London Library\u003c\/i\u003e series, this volume is profusely illustrated with a detailed frontispiece, ten full-page engraved plates, and numerous in-text vignettes that capture the varied landscape and people of North Africa, supplemented by a large folding map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book retains a charming piece of educational provenance: a printed and inscribed prize bookplate on the front pastedown from Stutton Grove Academy, awarding the volume as a \"Token of Merit\" from teacher W. Starry to Master Matern in the midsummer of 1856. First editions in their original cloth bindings that successfully retain the fragile, often-lost folding map remain relatively scarce on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2220 citation-end-2220\"\u003eJohn Reynell Morell’s comprehensive study provides a fascinating, mid-nineteenth-century window into French Algeria, written roughly two decades after the initial French conquest.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"13\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e It offers rich topographical and historical accounts, exploring the diverse cultures, political divisions, and social structures of the native Arab, Berber, and Turkish populations. Documenting the region's unique natural history alongside the geopolitical dynamics of North West Africa, this extensively illustrated volume serves as an evocative and crucial primary resource for collectors of African history, colonial studies, and early European travel literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54152717074771,"sku":"4392","price":220.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260619_124307_1.jpg?v=1782903494","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/algeria-the-topography-and-history-political-social-and-natural-john-reynell-morell-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}