Desert and delta / Major C.S. Jarvis
1938, 1st edition. London : J. Murray. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting; light foxing to prelims. Text remains clear and without blemish. Item #394136
Physical description; 319 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, folded map, 23 cm. Contents; High commissioners and notables -- The Wafd -- the playboys of the eastern world -- Officials high and low -- Election day in Egypt -- Royal visits -- Arabs, camels and melons -- Bandits, brigands and bad men -- Black ties and brown faces -- Three fishers -- Ramadan and religion -- The Wadi Gedeirat -- The road to Jerusalem -- The Arab and his pipe -- Poets and exiles. Subjects; Jarvis, C. S. (Claude Scudamore) 1879-1953. British Egypt. Politics and government. Travel. Colonial administrators Egypt ; Biography. Deserts. Sinai.
Price: €25.00