Description: Rare WW1 Australian Softcover: "With the Anzacs in Egypt: Life and Scenes in the Land of the Pharaohs, as seen through Australian Spectacles. By Lieut. David Doull, one of the Gallipoli Heroes who was with the 17th Battalion." First edition paperback 144 pages, 16 full page illustrations, published by J.A. Packer, Printer and Publisher, Sydney 1916. Colour-pictorial wrappers in black and blue on textured paper designed by Harry Weston. Condition: shelfworn, printed paper spine worn away to lower half, light browning and occasional light foxing to early pages but very good overall throughout, one loose advertising leaf. See photos as part of condition description. A rare and interesting book of a soldier's personal account of Egypt written for those at home: "those aspects of Egyptian and Arab life their loved ones now gaze upon, and which have made bright pages during their sojourn in Egypt...the laughter and the inexpressible delight with which Australians have greeted each novel scene in this strange land... they pass with the hour, like the fleeting sunshine of hoary winter."
Price: 155 AUD
Location: Mount Eliza
End Time: 2024-12-30T10:48:41.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18.4 AUD
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Restocking fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 7 Days
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
Illustrator: Harry J Weston
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Lieut. David Doull
Region: Middle East
Publisher: J.A. Packer, Printer and Publisher, Sydney
Subject: Military & War
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1916
