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Sixty Years in the East Willcocks, Sir William [Sir William Willcocks KCMG (27 September 1852 - 28 July 1932) was a British civil engineer during the high point of the British Empire]. (Book #ID 118226) Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., Edinburgh and London First Edition 1935. 1935. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains portrait frontispiece, (viii), 338 pp. Sir William Willcocks was an irrigation engineer who proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, the scale of which had never been attempted previously. He later undertook other major irrigation projects in South Africa and in Arab regions of the dying Ottoman Empire. Top front corner squashed, light foxing to the closed text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NORTH AFRICA [Egypt] Category |
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Egypt and the East Mediterranean in the Early Second Millennium B. C. in Orientalia Volume 30 [Nova Series] Fasc. 1 [Commentarii Periodici Pontificii Instituti Biblici] Ward, W. A. (Book #ID 77387) Published by Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Roma 204, Piazza Pilotta 35 1961. 1961. Publisher's original pale green plain stapled card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 45 printed pages of English text. Light sun fading, staples marking the cover, ink number to the top front corner and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NORTH AFRICA [Egypt] Category |
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Amarna; Ancient Egypt's Age of Revolution Watterson, Barbara (Book #ID 89398) Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd., Stroud, Gloucestershire First Edition 1999. 1999. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 160 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0752414380 Click here to select books from the NORTH AFRICA [Egypt] Category |
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Letters from Egypt to Plain Folks at Home Whately, Mary L. [Mary Louisa Whately (August 31, 1824 - March 9, 1889) was an English missionary and author in Egypt. She spent over 30 years building schools for both girls and boys, ministering to their families and writing books based on her experiences. She was the first person to build educational facilities for the lower classes in Cairo, especially Muslim women, and started schooling for all, rather than only for those who could pay for it]. (Book #ID 118182) Published by Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 54 Fleet Street, London First Edition 1879. 1879. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, pale lemon lining papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Ex-library with one indigo stamp to the front free end paper, issuing paper removed, one indigo stamp to the copyright leaf. Contains 259 pp + 4 pp catalogue with 4 full-page single-sided colour illustrations, as called for. Corners and spine ends soft and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NORTH AFRICA [Egypt] Category |
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The Redemption of Egypt Worsfold, W. Basil (Book #ID 118178) Published by George Allen, Ruskin House 156 Charing Cross Road, London First Edition 1899. 1899. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, gilt lettering and central paper onlay of a camel's head to the front board, top edge gilt. Quarto. 9¾'' x 7½''. Contains tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, (xvii), 333 pp with 3 further tissue-guarded colour plates, and numerous monochrome and illustrations and photographs throughout. Spine sun darkened, rubbing across the spine ends and corners, rear cover with surface marks to the cloth, ink monogram dated 1905 to the front free end paper, off-setting to the end papers. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NORTH AFRICA [Egypt] Category |
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Egypt of Yesterday and Today Withers, Percy (Book #ID 118188) Published by Grant Richards, 48 Leicester Square, London 1909. 1909. Hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in white. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 293 pp with 32 monochrome photographs throughout. Ink name Gertrude Sillcock to the front free end paper and top of title page. In Poor condition with damp marks to the boards, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the NORTH AFRICA [Egypt] Category |
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