Social Life in Egypt, A Description of the Country and Its People

by Lane-Poole, Stanley

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New York: P.F.Collier. Very good gilt pictorial green cloth, rebound with the old spine cloth and decorative gilt front cover laid down on top of the new cloth. The front cover is some dulled. A Supplement to 'Picturesque Palestine'. Elaborate gilt design of trees, pyramids and woman in burka on the front board. Illustrated by 6 steel engravings and 140 woodcuts. 1st U.S. edition, published in 1880s. Inside, clean and tight with new endpapers, tissue guards for some engravings, no foxing or browning. All edges gilt. An enlightening , beautifully illustrated, essay by the esteemed observor Lane Poole, that says much about eating, womens' life, manners and culture from over 100 years ago in Egypt. . Decorative Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.