1929 Cook's Traveller's Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan
by Elston
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Brookfield, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Simpkin Marshall Ltd, 1929. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good. London, first edition, cxxxi, 1929. 588 pp. original maroon cloth titled in gilt with maps & plans including a folding map in a pocket at the rear. Original green silk ribbon; pencil underlining throughout; 2 of the foldout maps loosely inserted; covers lightly bumped but generally clean. Probably sounds worse than it is; overall condition is still very good.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Das Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9345
- Title
- 1929 Cook's Traveller's Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan
- Author
- Elston
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simpkin Marshall Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Travel; Travel Guides; Baedeker; Africa; History
Terms of Sale
Das Bookman
Items may be returned if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Das Bookman
Biblio member since 2006
Brookfield, Connecticut
About Das Bookman
Das Bookman specializes in Antiquarian Travel Guides, The Federal Writers' Project (WPA), and the works of Doris Lessing who is the 2007 Nobel Laurate for Literature. Guides from Baedeker, Murray, Cook, A&C Black and others are featured as well as The American Guide Series and other original WPA Guides issued in the thirties and forties. Numerous un-catalogued titles are always available so please inquire If you're looking for something special we can see if it's available, or, if your interests are more general (cities/counties, folklore, recreation, children's, etc.) try and describe them as best you can and we'll compile a list of available titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...