About this title: Besides an utter lack of fear, Dicky Donovan has the keenest desire to know all things, good or evil -- and he follows his curiosity wherever it leads.
This is why Donovan -- twenty-five and no moustache, pink-cheeked and rosy-hearted, and "no white spots on his liver" -- heads straight, this particular night, to the house of the chief dancing-girl of Beni Hassan. From her he has learned to dance the dance of the Ghawazee. He has learned it so that, with his insatiable curiosity, he should be able to compare it with the Nautch dance of India, the Hula-Hula of the Sandwich Islanders, and ...
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Description: 1902. D appleton & Co. Owners bookplate & owners name in pencil on front ep. Red ling on front ep. Slight water stain at outer front corner of 1st 60 pages. No dj. Bright pictoiral cover. VG. Literatu re2238. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton & Company, New York
Date Published: 1902
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. x p., 1., 392 p. col. front. 20 cm. While the lamp holds out to burn. --The price of the grindstone and the drum. --The desertion of Mohammed Selim. --On the reef of Norman's woe. --Fielding had an orderly. --The eye of the needle. --A treaty of peace. --At the mercy of Tiberius. --All the world... read more
Edition: 9/02 1st
Binding: hard
Publisher: D. Appleton, New York
Date Published: c1902
Description: R. Talbot Kelly color frontis. very good+, no dj, gold-stamped blue cloth. Tight. 392+ pgs, With ads & glossary. Gilt top. No names, clean text. Partly waterstained back cover. Attractive. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton
Date Published: 1902
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Very light wear only. Pages clean with a previous owner name on ffep. Binding is solid and square with exterior lettering bright and unworn. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Appleton, New York
Date Published: 1902
Description: Very Good + No DJ. 12mo = 7-9" 392pp. Bluish/green cloth covers are bumped on top/bottom of spine and corners. Gilt lettering on front and spine. Some soiling on covers. Back hinge is cracked and cover is loose. Illustrated frontispiece. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York
Date Published: 1902
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 404 pages. Stories of travels in Egypt and of the people encountered there. Navy boards are lightly scuffed with minor edgewear. Prior owner name on fep. End pages are aging. Text pages are clean with no markings. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Appleton & Co., New York
Date Published: 1902
Description: Illustrated. Fine. No Jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stray spots/marks on cover and spine, pages a little yellowed and a few are stained, otherwise an excellent book...... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1902
Description: Good. No Jacket. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Book is in Good condition; text clean and unmarked, with no creased or torn pages (except for one mild crease in foreword); exterior clean; blue cloth binding shows rubbing at corner and bottom extremities and a bit of fraying at spine ends; short tear in cloth at foot of spine; previous owner's name on front free endpaper; hinges cracked and loosening, but still firmly attached. 392 pp. An anthology of tales of Egypt based on Parker's travels. read more
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