Cleopatra's Needle: An Account of the Negotiations Leading Up to Its Gift to the City of New York by the Khedive of Egypt, Its Removal and Its History and Inscriptions Reprinted from "Egypt and Its Betrayal
by Farman, Elbert E
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New York: The Grafton Press Publishers. Hardcover. Very Good. The following pages relating to the Obelisk in Central Park, New York City, are reprinted without change from Judge Farman's book "Egypt and Its Betrayal,"which is an account of the country during the periods of Ismail and Tewfik Pashas, and how England acquiared a new empire. The story of Cleopatra's Needle has been frequently told in magazine and newspaper articles, but the following is the fullest and most authoritative account yet published and is of such historical value as to warrant it being issued in this separate form." Octavo, pp. 142-192. Green cloth. 7 black & white plates. From private collection. Scarce, with no copies currently available for sale online.
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- Cleopatra's Needle: An Account of the Negotiations Leading Up to Its Gift to the City of New York by the Khedive of Egypt, Its Removal and Its History and Inscriptions Reprinted from "Egypt and Its Betrayal
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- Farman, Elbert E
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