Egyptian Obelisks, by Henry H. Gorringe, published by the author, New York, 1882, with fifty-one full page illustrations, 11 3/4" x 14 1/2". The beginning of the book details the author's journey to Egypt to remove Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria, Egypt, and have it transported and erected in Central Park, New York City.

Competitive In-House shipping is available for this lot. Spine with some cracking and partial loss, spine and part of boards sun faded, boards with some rubbings, bumped corners, pages clean overall with some sporadic foxing, binding tight