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JEWS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY EGYPT
Edition: First edition
New York University Press, 1969. White cloth. pp xvi, 354 + plates. Owner blind stamp to half-title leaf, else fine. Price-clipped jacket has shallow chip to rear panel, VG.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 51012More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
SAND AND CANVAS: a narrative of adventures in Egypt, with a sojourn among the artists in Rome
Edition: First Edition
London: Charles Gilpin, 1849. Octavo, pp [2], (2, illustrated half-title), 370, [2]. + 7 illustrations on text paper. A few illustraions in text. Half-title illustration by Herbert White, all other drawings by the author. Red spinkled page edges. Bound in full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt ornament, label, "Ramsey Grammar School" in gilt on front cover, ink 1860 prize inscription to "William H. Howitt" on front blank. Broken front joint, cracked inner hinge, neatly repaired, joint now firm; damp stain to lower front and rear covers; else VG externally, spine attractive, not rubbed nor chipped; internally fine. Almost half the book is about Italy.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 41943More details Price: USD $95.00 USD $85.50 -
THE FALL OF THE IMAM. Translated from the Arabic by Sherif Hetata.
Edition: First edition in English
London: Methuen, 1988. Text paper yellowed, as usual, remainder dot to lower page edges, else fine. Price-clipped dust jacket has soft creases to top edge of front panel, else fine. A novel by this noted Egyptian writer, feminist, formerly Egypt's Director of Public Health.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 14369More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
WITH KITCHENER TO CAIRO
Edition: First printing
London: Cassell, 1917. Octavo, green pictorial cloth stamped in black and red, spine gilt lettered. pp (xvi), 252. Nicks at head of spine, yellowing to page edges, large rubber stamped private owner name and small 1926 ink name at front; else a VG clean, tight and unworn copy.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 40371More details Price: USD $35.00 USD $31.50