Adrift on the Nile – Naguib Mahfouz
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For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Adrift on the Nile by Naguib Mahfouz in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1993 Doubleday. First Printing with full number line, 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2, and February 1993 printed above it on the copyright page.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface wear and edge wear and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

In a houseboat moored along the banks of the Nile, a group of disaffected middle-class Cairenes who gather each evening to socialize experience a tragedy that rips apart their friendships.

Small volume ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.