Cairo Trilogy Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz, First Edition (28 results)

Paperback. Very Good in Wraps: shows moderate wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; the binding is slightly cocked off square; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A hcarefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6 x 1.2 inches). 498 pages. Translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Olive E Kenny. Language: English. Weight: 22.5 ounces. First Edition Thus (1991), 25th Printing. Trade Paperback. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Book One of the Cairo Trilogy. Naguib Mahfouz's wonderful novel Palace Walk was originally published in Arabic in 1956, and not translated to English until 1990. This is the story of Al-Sayyid Ahmad, a shopkeeper in Cairo during and after World War I, his wife, Amina, and the lives and courtships of their several children. The novel offers profound insight into a different culture and religion. Al-Sayyid has a dual personality -- petty tyrant at home, with his wife and children; bon vivant and man-about-town with his friends. Because of the harsh sexual segregation in his traditional Arab home, his wife is none the wiser, but his older sons learn of first hand then come to emulate their father's lifestyle. Although the subject matter is "small" -- a middle-class family's domestic issues -- this is unquestionably a "big" book, raising issues of religion, class, gender, and integrity. Mahfouz is a truly gifted writer, and conveys his characters with humor, insight, clarity and compassion. First Edition Thus (1991), 25th Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages are clean, tight and bright. The dust-jacket's original price is still intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday, New York. 1990. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to tail; blank bookmark on the front pastedown. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($22.95); light edge bumping and rubbing to panels. Brown paper over boards with red cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Gold endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 498 pp 8vo. This is the first book of an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork. The book traces three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons?the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. The family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two world wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, has a tiny lean to the binding, a touch of shelfwear to spine ends and cover corners, and some very faint rubbing to covers, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to a black panel on the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize-winning writer's masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. The novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons ? the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad's rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in Palace of Desire, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. Sugar Street brings Mahfouz's vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the ageing patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician. Throughout the trilogy, the family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humour and remarkable insight, The Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller. Ref S 5.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. VERY GOOD+/FINE IN VERY GOOD+/FINE DUST JACKET Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First US Edition/First Printing with the "BG" code to the copyright page; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the board and jacket edges and a tiny ship to the spine head, else fine/fine. An outstanding copy of this novel, the first in the Cairo Trilogy, from the Nobel Prize winning author. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 3 Volumes, All American First Printings. Palace Walk Is Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $22.95, The Other Two Volumes Are Fine In Fine Dust Jackets Also Priced $22.95.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Palace Walk Doubleday, New York, 1990. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good no inscriptions but some creasing to bottom of front board and a small stain to bottom of feps . Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine not price clipped just an identical small light patch (printing fault) to front and back covers. Stated first US Edition but with UK price (£12.95) on dust wrapper. Palace of Desire Doubleday, London and NY, 1990, Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, not price clipped (£13.99). First edition in English, first printing (no reprint information given). Translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne & Olive Kenny. 8vo. Fine publisher's cloth-backed boards, in a fine bright & unclipped dustwrapper. Sugar Street American University in Cairo Press, 1992. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, not price clipped but no price given; spine v slightly faded. First edition in English, first printing (no reprint information given). Translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Angele Botros Samaan. 8vo. Fine publisher's cloth-backed boards, in a near fine dustwrapper. The American University in Cairo Press editions are scarcer than the Doubleday editions (US and UK). The set of three books is heavy and will require extra shipping costs especially overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Stated first US edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Condition. First Edition. The complete Cairo triliogy - Palace Walk with light general wear, small stamp to bottom page edge and a small mark from sticker removal to front endpaper, near fine in a just about fine jacket; the other volumes fine in fine jackets. These translations published in 1990, 1991 and 1992 respectively, all first US editions. Size: Octavo (8vo). 3-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 047579.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Editions, 1990-1992. First American Edition(s). Three volumes, complete. 1. Palace Walk, a Fine hardcover copy in burgundy cloth, medium brown paper covered boards, in a Fine bronze-gold sheen dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. 498pp. 2. Palace of Desire, a Fine hardcover copy in pale green cloth, pale gray paper boards, in a Fine pale green sheen dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny and Olive E. Kenny. 422pp. 3. Sugar Street, a Fine hardcover copy in blue cloth, pale cherry paper covered boards, in a Fine sheeny rose dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Angele Botros Samaan. 308pp. Originally w ritten in the Arabic. Winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize. A Fine set.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Editions Thus, First Printings. Published by The American University in Cairo Press, 1989-1992. Octavos. Three Volumes. Each book is signed by Naguib Mahfouz. "Palace Walk" is signed on the title page and dated 6-3-1990. "Palace of Desire" is signed on the title page (flat signed). "Sugar Street" is signed on the dedication page and dated 2-1-1992. Books are like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Bindings tight and pages crisp. "Palace of Desire" has a small bump to top back corner. Also included is an exhibition catalog published by the American University in Cairo in 1993 to accompany a Mahfouz exhibition. 1,228 total pages. Very scarce signed complete set of this landmark work from this Nobel Prize-winning author. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First American editions of author's most well known work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950's and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original half cloth. Each volume was signed by Naguib Mahfouz at the Shepheard Hotel in Cairo in 2006. All three are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket designs by Carin Goldberg. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Books signed by Mahfouz are rare as he left Egypt only twice during his life, each time only but for a short time. The Cairo Trilogy traces three generations of the family of patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. The Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller reminiscent of Tolstoy. "Naguib Mahfouz is not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, a Mann, a Zola, and a Jules Romains" (Edward Said).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Impression. True First English-language Editions of Mahfouz's masterpiece, one of the greatest works in Arab literature, complete in three volumes, each inscribed by the lead translator (Hutchins). Translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny, and Lorne M. Kenny. Royal 8vo (233 x 151mm): [8],498,[4]; [6],422,[4]; [8],308,[4]pp. Attractively and uniformly bound in quarter cloth (maroon, pale green, and French blue, respectively) over paper-covered boards (mid-brown, deep beige, and pink), spines stamped in gold; saffron, speckled pale green, and pinkish-red end papers (each matching its dust-jacket border); photo-illustrated dust jackets. Briefly inscribed on each half-title page by Hutchins. Presumed first printings, dated 1989, 1991, and 1992 on copyright pages, with no additional printings listed,and with publisher's code BG. Truly a spectacular set, all volumes very tight, square, and giving every evidence of being unread. One end paper very slightly browned at margins, trace of lightening to upper edge of one board; jackets crisp, fresh, and bright (one back panel creased top and bottom, short closed tear to front panel of another). Extremely collectible. Originally published, in Egyptian, as Bayn al-Qasrayn (1956), Qasr al-Shawq (1957), and al-Sukkariyya (1957). Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988, the only Arab to be so honored. The Cairo Trilogy "chronicles the upheaval and change during the years 1917 to 1944 through the microscopic lens of a single family coming face to face with political events. Each of the three novels that comprise the trilogy was named after a street in Mahfouz' home city: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street, their titles illustrative of the composition of the Jamaliyya quarter of Cairo where Mahfouz spent his childhood and where cramped, squalid blocks of flats neighboured spacious mansions. . . . the most pertinent issue from the first pages of Palace Walk to the very last scene of Sugar Street is how Egypt arrives at and copes with questions of modernity and self-identity as it struggles to find a place in the world of modern nation-states . . . (Literary Encyclopedia) The Palestinian-American literary critic Edward Said valorized Mahfouz as "not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, a Mann, a Zola, and a Jules Romains. " He was speaking not just to the author's seismic impact but to the sheer range of techniques he introduced into the Arab novel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Mahfouz on title page in blue ink, dated 6-3-1990. First English-language edition, probable first printing. (Precedes the Doubleday edition. States "BG" on copyright page with no additional printings.) 498, (1 About the Author), (1, Book Mark) pp. Brown paper over crimson cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a little soiling to cloth in Very Good+ dust jacket with some creasing and light rubbing.The first novel in the Cairo Trilogy by the late Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian novelist.

Uncorrected proofs of author's most well known work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950's and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original illustrated wrappers. Each volume is signed by Mahfouz and in near fine condition. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Books signed by Mahfouz are rare as he left Egypt only twice during his life, each time only but for a short time. The Cairo Trilogy traces three generations of the family of patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. The Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller reminiscent of Tolstoy. Laid into Palace Walk is the publicity from Doublday. "Naguib Mahfouz is not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, a Mann, a Zola, and a Jules Romains" (Edward Said). Naguib Mahfouz's epic trilogy of colonial Egypt is the captivating story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt. Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad is a tyrannical patriarch that governs with a strict hand while secretly living in self-indulgence. His actions doom him to witness over the course of three generations the wane of his familial influence against the themes of rising modernity, and he witnesses against his will his offspring spawn followers of Communist, Muslim fundamentalist, and powerful politicians. The Cairo Trilogy is a compelling drama with remarkable insight that deserves the Nobel Prize it won in 1988.

Printed Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Proof / First Edition. Three proof copies in blue and tan wrappers of matching size, type face, format. The U.S. proof copies of Palace Walk, Palace of Desire and Sugar Street. This is the Nobel Prize Winning Author's most notable piece of writing -- in the scarce advance uncorrected format. For the serious Mahfouz collector.

First English-language editions. Three vols., uniform 8vos, 498, 422, 308pp; cloth-backed boards. These are the correct first editions in English, published in Egypt in the wake of Mahfouz's award of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988. Loosely inserted in the first volume is a small card signed and dated by the author in 1989 and with a portrait photo of him clipped from a magazine and mounted to the card. A handsome set of Mahfouz's landmark trilogy. Some slight marking to the edges of two volumes; a few small wormholes to the upper board-edges of Vol. 1, just about fine in clean, unfaded dust jacket with original price labels affixed to rear panels.