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Abdul; The Story of an Egyptian Boy
by Winthrop Palmer
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955 The Macmillan Company, New York. 1955. Hardcover. Retired small town library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on endpapers and copyright page. Book Condition: Good; index number on spine; missing small piece at spine head; wear to board edges; checkout pocket on front endpaper. No DJ but front flap is pasted to rear pastedown. Gray cloth boards and spine with red lettering on the spine and front board in decorative design box. Clean interior; internal hinges are sound. 90 pp 12mo. This is the story of an Egyptian boy and his camel who worked in the fields of Egypt. Abdul's main interest was in drawing pictures which eventually led him a totally different life. The book gives a clear picture of Egyptian city and rural life in the 1920s. A clean presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009314
- Title
- Abdul; The Story of an Egyptian Boy
- Author
- Winthrop Palmer
- Illustrator
- Corwin Linson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Abdul, Egypt, art, camel, farm life, city life, school, boys adventures, painting, drawing, Karnak, Luxor, Abou Haggag, Cairo, the Bazaar, children's fiction, Egyptian life,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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