On the Desert: With a Brief Review of Recent Events in Egypt
by (Sinai) Field, Henry M. (1822-1907)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Green pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, else Fine. Small contemporary g
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Folding map frontispiece. ii, 330 (+1 ad) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, else Fine. Small contemporary gift inscription. Folding map frontispiece. ii, 330 (+1 ad) pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228192
- Title
- On the Desert: With a Brief Review of Recent Events in Egypt
- Author
- (Sinai) Field, Henry M. (1822-1907)
- Format/Binding
- Folding map frontispiece. ii, 330 (+1 ad) pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Green pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, else Fine. Small contemporary g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Egypt | Middle East
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