signed first edition Hardcover
1989 · Cairo, Egypt
by Mahfouz, Naguib
Cairo, Egypt: The American University Press in Cairo, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Mahfouz on title page in blue ink, dated 6-3-1990. First English-language edition, probable first printing. (Precedes the Doubleday edition. States "BG" on copyright page with no additional printings.) 498, (1 About the Author), (1, Book Mark) pp. Brown paper over crimson cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a little soiling to cloth in Very Good+ dust jacket with some creasing and light rubbing.The first novel in the Cairo Trilogy by the late Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian novelist.
(Inventory #: 180620002)