Item #162974 LAST LETTERS FROM EGYPT. To Which Are Added Letters from the Cape. Lady Duff Gordon.

LAST LETTERS FROM EGYPT. To Which Are Added Letters from the Cape.

London: Macmillan, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 346p plus 32p advertisements. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine slightly crooked, tanned, and edgeworn, with two closed horizontal tears near the top. Head of spine lightly chipped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Cloth lightly stained. 5 newspaper clippings pasted inside; 3 on the front and back free endpapers and 2 in the text. Pen mark on p. xxii. Otherwise unmarked and tight. Item #162974

The English author's acclaimed letters to her husband detailing her observances of Egyptian culture and customs. She spent the last years of her life in Egypt and was well respected among the natives. Also contains a memoir by the author's daughter, "Mrs. Ross."

Price: $100.00

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