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First edition of Say it in Arabic and See Egypt, a charming booklet of practical Arabic for British troops in Egypt during World War II, with a set of propaganda cartoons reprinted from the Egyptian Gazette, and street map of Cairo.
First edition of Say it in Arabic and See Egypt, a charming booklet of practical Arabic for British troops in Egypt during World War II, with a set of propaganda cartoons reprinted from the Egyptian Gazette, and street map of Cairo.
First edition of Say it in Arabic and See Egypt, a charming booklet of practical Arabic for British troops in Egypt during World War II, with a set of propaganda cartoons reprinted from the Egyptian Gazette, and street map of Cairo.
First edition of Say it in Arabic and See Egypt, a charming booklet of practical Arabic for British troops in Egypt during World War II, with a set of propaganda cartoons reprinted from the Egyptian Gazette, and street map of Cairo.
First edition of Say it in Arabic and See Egypt, a charming booklet of practical Arabic for British troops in Egypt during World War II, with a set of propaganda cartoons reprinted from the Egyptian Gazette, and street map of Cairo.

BRIN, Morik; BIANCARDI, Raoul A.

Say it in Arabic and see Egypt. Manual and guide-book for the British and Imperial Forces.

Cairo, Horus, 1942.

£275.00
£275.00

Say it in Arabic and see Egypt.

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A charming booklet of practical Arabic for British troops in Egypt during World War II, with a set of propaganda cartoons reprinted from the Egyptian Gazette, and street map of Cairo. The contemporary advertisements include everything from the only ice cream parlour in Cairo selling 'American-style' pasteurised ice cream to hotels and English-language bookshops.

Scarce. We locate copies at the British Library and Southern Illinois University only.

First edition; 24mo (13.5 x 11 cm); 4 cartoons on green paper, numerous contemporary advertisements interleaved, folding map of Cairo, text in English and transliterated Arabic; original limp green pictorial cloth, paper toned, title loose, otherwise a remarkably well-preserved copy of a fragile booklet; [viii], 157 pp.

Stock code 109131

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First edition of Say it in Arabic and See Egypt, a charming booklet of practical Arabic for British troops in Egypt during World War II, with a set of propaganda cartoons reprinted from the Egyptian Gazette, and street map of Cairo.

Say it in Arabic and see Egypt.

£275.00
£275.00

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