Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt
by Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition. Navy cloth covered boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Mild edgewear and bumped spine ends and corners. Spine slightly faded. Binding sound, text clean. Light foxing and browning to pastedowns and eps. Top 3/4'' of title page trimmed off (no text missing) . Inked number to back of half-title page that has bled a little onto facing page. Deckle edged text block with gilt top. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. ; 8vo, hardcover, 605 pages. .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5736
- Title
- Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt
- Author
- Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Egypt, English Occupation, Africa, Middle East, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Area Studies / Middle East;
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About the Seller
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