Author: Kingsley Amis; Robert Conquest
Title: The Egyptologists
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mysterious novel from Amis and Conquest, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. The Metropolitan Egyptological Society has been suspected for some time to have been engaging in espionage, drug-smuggling, and deception. This novel brings the reader to the centre of the mystery and to one of the most outrageously funny spoofs of the season. Written by Sir Kingsley Amis, an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher, and George Robert Conquest, a British-American historian and poet. Dust wrapper designed by Jan MichaÃÂ-‚ PieÃÂ-„kowski, a Polish-born British author and illustrator of children's books, best known for illustrating the Meg and Mog picture book series. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and minor sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: Jan Pienkowski. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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