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THE BUILDING OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Written by Helen Leacroft. Illustrated by Richard Leacroft.
Stock no. 1323603
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 101. Pictorial paperwaps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Dated 1954 but actually published February 1955. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Small crease to top corner of front cover. Foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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EGYPTIAN BIRDS
Written by Charles Whymper. Illustrated by Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2137437
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Fawn cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Yellow, green and orange decoration to spine; 51 tissue-guarded colour plates as well as 11 line drawings in text. 2 page original booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Black mark to top edge of outer page edges (over gilt). Joints are a little cracked. Small damp marks along top edge and bottom corner of front endpaper. Some foxing and marks throughout. Light browning to plate margins.

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THE KINGDOM OF KUSH
Written by Derek A. Welsby.
Stock no. 1322538
Published by British Museum. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Napatan and Meroitic empires lying to the south of Eygpt. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 071410986X. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, faded to spine and rear edges.

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WAR ON THE NILE
Written by Michael Barthorp.
Stock no. 2135531
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Britain, Egypt and the Sudan 1882-1898. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713713100. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA & ARABIA AND EGYPT AND NUBIA (2 VOLUMES)
Written by David Roberts.
Stock no. 1821642
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

First printed by the Folio Society in 2010 and reprinted in a smaller format for this 2014 edition. Very large format. Red decorated cloth, gilt titles. Stunning colour illustrations. Top edges gilt. Slight crease to top of spine on Egypt and Nubia volumes, else boards and contents fine. Contained in individual slipcases which are a little scuffed and slightly grubby.

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THE YOUNG PILGRIM OR ALFRED CAMPBELL'S RETURN TO THE EAST
Written by Mrs. Hofland.
Stock no. 1318927
Published by A.K. Newman and Co.. 1841. Good condition.

"And his travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabria Petrea, etc". New edition, with additions. Red embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine and vignette to front covers. Yellow endpapers. 239 pages, all edges gilt. 6 b/w engraved plates (each with two illustrations). Spine and corners bumped, a few small dents to cover edges. Covers grubby. Endpapers grubby. Heavy foxing and fingering to contents.

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THE BRITISH DEFENCE OF EGYPT 1935-1940: CONFLICT AND CRISIS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Steven Morewood.
Stock no. 1818768
Published by Frank Cass. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Cass Series: Military History and Policy. This book offers a comprehensive and challenging analysis of the British defence of Egypt, primarily against fascist Italy, in the critical lead-up period to the Second World War. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 0714649430.

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THE WAR DEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH 1939-45 CEMETERIES AT PORT SAID, SUEZ, GAZA AND ASWAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318344
Published by Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

The register of the names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 war and are buried in cemeteries in Egypt. Large format. Grey card wraps. Spiral bound. 52 pages. The book is a little bowed (it does not sit flat on the surface) and there is a tiny black mark to top edge of rear cover (also affecting a few page of the textblock) but is otherwise in excellent condition.

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THE WAR DEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH 1939-45 CEMETERIES AT PORT SAID, SUEZ, GAZA AND ASWAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 2118935
Published by Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

The register of the names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 war and are buried in cemeteries in Egypt. Large format. Grey card wraps. Spiral bound. 52 pages. Some light wear to covers.

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BOOK OF THE SPHINX
Written by Willis Goth Regier.
Stock no. 2116412
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0750938617. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.

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ENUMERATION OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED AT GEBEL ELBA DURING TWO EXPEDITIONS
Written by Mohammed Drar.
Stock no. 1809062
Published by Government Press, Bulaq. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt. Technical and Scientific Service; Fouad I Agricultural Museum Bulletin No. 149. Plain paperwraps. vii & 123 pages plus b/w plates to rear. Paperwraps are browned, wear to top & tail of spine with some loss. Contents are clean.

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WHERE TO GO ABROAD
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff.
Stock no. 1206784
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

Small format. Dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt title and vignette to front cover. xxii + 466 pages + large folding colour map. A Guide to the Watering-Places and Health Resorts of Europe, the Mediterranean etc. Note the guide also covers Algeria, Egypt and India! Corners, top and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents look unread!

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