Midaq Alley

Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press, 1984. First paperback ed., seventh printing. Octavo in red and white illus wraps; ix, 246 pages; 20 cm Near fine(-) to very good(++) with personal owner name in ink to half-tilte corner, minor sunning and wrapper crinkling (bindery flaw) to spine, slight soiling to outer edge; else very crisp and bright. A tight copy. . Paperback. ISBN: 9774240588

Paperback original. Uncommon. A later printing of the first paperback editon of this classic of modern Egyptian life. Author won Nobel Prize in Literature 1988. English-language translation of: Zuqaq al-Midaqq. Mahfuẓ, Najib, 1911-2006. Arabic fiction -- Translations into English. Arabic fiction. Egypt. Cairo.