Author: CARMAN, BARRY AND MCPHERSON, JOHN.
Title: Bimbashi McPherson. A Life in Egypt.
Description: London: BBC, 1983. 0563201347. "Joseph McPherson, a classical scholar with an Oxford degree in Natural Sciences, a linguist, athlete and determined individualist, arrived in Egypt in 1901. He fell in love with the country, its people and customs and stayed there until his death in 1946. During that time he wrote thousands of pages of letters home and this volume presents, an edited selection of these." Pp.313, occasional black & white photos throughout. Green boards, dustwrapper slightly sunned to spine and small tear to lower rear corner. VG/G+.

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