Nile to Aleppo
by (Palestine Campaign) Dinning, Hector
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Some soiling, stab mark in spine penetrating gutters of a section of leaves, some light
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1920. First American edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates (4 tipped on colored plates) by James McBey. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Some soiling, stab mark in spine penetrating gutters of a section of leaves, some light browning, else very good. First American edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates (4 tipped on colored plates) by James McBey. 1 vols. 4to. The author was a Captain in the Australian Army and involved in the Palestine Campaign. Among his description of the campaign and the Light Horsemen of Australia is a chapter about working with Lawrence. There is an excellent portrait of Lawrence by McBey among the illustrations. McBey was the official artist with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
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- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36164
- Title
- Nile to Aleppo
- Author
- (Palestine Campaign) Dinning, Hector
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece and 12 plates (4 tipped on colored plates) by James McBey. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Some soiling, stab mark in spine penetrating gutters of a section of leaves, some light
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Egypt
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