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Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt: Being a Personal Narrative of Events
by Blunt, Wulfred Scawen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First American Edition, published Oct., 1922, same year in Roman numerals on title page. Large octavo, black cloth spine w/ title label, pale grey-blue board covers. Extra title label mounted inside back cover, 416 pages including Appendix, tissue-guarded frontispiece is engraved portait of Sheykh Mohammed Abdu. Light text block split between pages 192- 193, but all elements still firmly attached. Covers show general light wear- rubbing , soil, sm. corner bumps, edge wear, 1/4 to 1/2"" sunned strip along top & side edges. Spine label totally intact & legible. Clean, unmarked text, w/ hint of toning. NO hinge splits, NOT ex library. Nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 258
- Title
- Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt: Being a Personal Narrative of Events
- Author
- Blunt, Wulfred Scawen
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
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- Octavo
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Rubbing
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- Hinge
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- Jacket
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