The City of Caliphs: A Popular Study of Cairo and Its Environs and the Nile and Its Antiquities
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1897. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #000751
Creme cloth binding. Gilt on front board and spine with illustration of a pyramid stamped in gilt on front board. The head of the sphinx stamped in gilt at head and foot of front board. [6] 335 p.p. [20] plates of photos of famous temples and cities, incl. frontispiece. With tissue guards. Spine dark, with some smudges and sporadic foxing to boards. Bottom corners bumped. Spine ends frayed, lightly rubbed. Previous owner name on front pastedown and title page. Inner edge of rear pastedown somewhat stained. Light offsetting to endpapers. Pages trimmed, but not affecting text. Otherwise interior clean. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00