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COWLEY, DEBORAH & SEROUR, ALEYA (EDS)  Cairo : A Practical Guide
Cairo, Egypt, American University in Cairo Press. 1981, 3rd.ed. Soft Cover. Comprehensive local travel guide to Cairo, full of fascinating facts.Includes a short English-Arabic 295p. bibliography.glossary.index. 295p. (the loose leaf maps are misisng from this copy). Very Good.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 16168
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COWLEY, DEBORAH & SEROUR, ALEYA (EDS)  Cairo : A Practical Guide
Cairo, Egypt, American University in Cairo Press. 1984, 3rd.ed. Soft Cover. Comprehensive local travel guide to Cairo, full of fascinating facts.Includes a short English-Arabic 295p. bibliography.glossary.index. 272p. Very Good.
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1075] Book number: 19044
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FORSTER, E.M.  Pharos and Pharillon
New York, A.A. Knopf. 1961, Reprint. Soft Cover. "A novelist's sketchbook of Alexandria though the ages .. in a series of sketches .. [he] evokes episodes in the life of this venerable and colorful metropolis : under 'Pharos' he has grouped thoose incidents belonging to the city's past; under 'Pharillon' he describes his own, and very personal, impressions of modern Alexandria" First published in 1923 he famously introduced the English speaking world to Constantine Cavafy as "a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe" The text includes translations from Cavafy's poems by George Vallassopoulos (see pages 55 and pages 91-97) 99p. Very Good/Very Good, Price Clipped.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3010] Book number: 19435
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC  Vol.151 # 3 March 1977
Washington, National Geographic Society. 1977. Soft Cover. Periodical/Magazine, Articles on Egypt (pp. 293-343) and in Sponges (pp.392-407). Very Good.
USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 602] Book number: 20948
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KAMIL, JILL  Coptic Egypt : History and Guide
Cairo, American University. 1987, Rev Ed. (ISBN: 9774241045) Soft Cover. "In modern usage the term Coptic regers to Orthodox Egyptian Christianity, as well as to the last stage of the Egyptian language, as represented in the script and litugy of hte Coptuc Church, and to the distinctive art and architecture that developed as an early expression of the new faith." As well as outlining Egyptian history since Hellentistic times, it describes the people, their customs, art, music, churches and monasteries. It includes a guide to the Coptic Museum in Cairo. 148p/.diagrams. maps,bibliography.index. As New.
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1075] Book number: 19546
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GALLIMARD EDITIONS STAFF (EDITOR)  Egypt (Knopf Guides)
New York, A.A. Knopf. 1995, 2nd.ed. (ISBN: 0-679-75566-7) Leather Style Binding. "Here is what every visitor (or armchair traveler or resident) will want--and need--to know about the history of the place, about its current life and look, about its literature, arts, and architecture, even about its plants, birds, and animals; plus up-to-date hotel and restaurant listings, opening hours, shopping, transportation, and much more." English language editon of comprehensive and colourful guide book first published by Gallimard, Paris 1994." 556p. illus (some col) bibliography, indes maps on endpapers. Fine/Near Fine.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 19855
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ZALOSCER, HILDE  Tissus Coptes
Lausanne, Payot. 1963. Laminated Softcover. Small illustrated introduction to Coptic textiles in French (Orbis Pictus Vol.3). 48p. illus (col). Very Good.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 21606
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