The Women of Egypt.
by COOPER, Elizabeth
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes,, 1916. First US edition, first printing, published two years after the first British edition. Cooper "discovered conditions relative to the working woman and the labouring class which can only be observed by a householder" (Prologue). Elizabeth Cooper (1877-1945) was an author who ventured to Egypt to write about the culture and lives of Egyptian women, from how religion affects them to marriage and polygamy and the differences between rural and cosmopolitan women. Cooper was able to visit many households thanks to her friendship with the Egyptian feminist writer Malak Hifni Nasif (1886-1918), who advocated for women's education and marriage rights and whom Cooper misidentifies as "Malak El Bassel". Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, black and white photograph to front cover, top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded half-tone photographic frontispiece, full-page illustrations in the text; 4 pp. of advertisements to rear. Gilt on spine faded, illustration a bit spotted and chipped to lower edge, corners a bit bumped, edges lightly foxed, minor toning throughout, rear inner hinge neatly repaired with Japanese tissue paper. A very good copy. Not in Robinson. Robin Ostle, Sensibilities of the Islamic Mediterranean: Self-expression in a Muslim Culture from Post-classical Times to the Present Day, 2008.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 171049
- Title
- The Women of Egypt.
- Author
- COOPER, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Frederick A. Stokes,
- Date Published
- 1916
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Peter Harrington
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About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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