Large format softcover with image of Sphinx printed on front cover. 155pp. Illustrated with full page sepia photos and tipped in color plates. The report of a sojourn to Egypt made in the year 1933 and published just before the outbraek of the Second World war. The author was a member of the Academie Francaise and brings both a studied eye to the and a schoolboys enthusiam to the discoveries and mysteries of the east. Written as a series of journal entires. Translated by Catherine Barker. White wrappers stained and torn at backstrip, but else in quite nice condition. Hinges strong and all pages firmly attached. A good+ copy of relatively scarce book.

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Title

The Inscrutable Sphinx Notes Taken on a Trip to Egypt

Publisher

F. Detaille, Marseilles

Publication Date

1939

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Good+

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Egypt and Egyptology Books

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