MILITARY HANDBOOK

The Official British Handbook for British Troops in Egypt, Cyprus, Palestine and the Sudan.

Stock Code 103821

General Officer Command (G.O.C), Cairo 1938

£375.00 - £375.00

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£375.00

£375.00 - £375.00

£375.00

"The object of this Handbook is to provide Officers, other ranks, and their families, especially newcomers to Egypt, with some notes.... which will effect their normal daily life".

This detailed handbook is crammed full of practical information on schools, hospitals, servants, money, travel and leisure activities. There appear to be only two editions and the first was published in 1935.
Unusual.

Second edition. 8vo (20 x 14 cm); 208pp. adverts; publisher's printed wrappers, red cloth spine, staples rusty; otherwise a good solid copy.

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