New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. x + 273 pp, Author's Note. A novel set in Cairo. Egyptology 1880's - Victorian England background. binding tight, pages clean, unmarked. Paper well-preserved. exterior with no wear, minor wrinkled cloth top/bottom spine. 5.75" x 8.5" yellowish tan cloth back, gilt spine letters, & dark red papered boards, in black unclipped DJ. DJ with edgewear at the extremities & some chipping tail/head spine. DJ in acetate protector. .

Synopsis

(Excavation season 1884-85) When strong-willed Amelia Peabody's studious father dies, Amelia decides to use her ample inheritance to travel. After rescuing a gentlewoman (Evelyn Barton-Forbes) in considerable distress, the two become friends and Amelia hires Evelyn to be her companion on the next leg of her trip, which takes them to Egypt. There Amelia encounters mysteries, missing mummies, and Radcliffe Emerson, an opinionated archaeologist who doesn't need a woman's help to solve the mystery--or so he thinks.

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On Dec 24 2020, a reader said:

One of the best novels I have ever read! Certainly, the funniest mystery romp and most entertaining romantic suspense ever. Peters style is magical with her highly developed and comical characters involved in complex antics down the Nile River and across the Egyptian desert. An excellent read that I could not put down. Rarely am I so engrossed by a book, that I stay up til 4 am still turning pages!

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 009300
Title: Crocodile on the Sandbank
Author: Peters, Elizabeth
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0396070809
ISBN 13: 9780396070801
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1975
Size: Octavo
Keywords: Amelia Peabody - heroine protagonist
Bookseller catalogs: MYSTERY & SCIFI;

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