Naguib Mahfouz – Arabian Nights and Days – First English edition

An imaginative work of historical fiction by the Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning author, set in an Islamic city in medieval times.

First published in Arabic in 1982, this is the first impression of the first English edition of the book.

Hardback, published in 1995 by Doubleday and the American University in Cairo (AUC) Press. In  very good condition, minor creasing to bottom of jacket spine. Original jacket, price-clipped.