Here for your delectation is the SPECTACULAR RARE---------------------FODOR'S EGYPT 1984 by Kay Showker. .........EGYPT in the year Orwell's vision didn't come true................ Always the BEST travel books---indispensable and a terrific read!!! Eugene Fodor was an American writer, born Oct. 14, 1905, L a, Hung., Austria-Hungary [now Levice, Slovakia] died Feb. 18, 1991, Torrington, Conn., U.S. Hungarian-born American travel writer who created a series of popular tourist guidebooks that provided entertaining reading, historical background, and cultural insights into the people and places described, as well as reliable, practical information designed to assist even the most inexperienced traveler. Fodor studied political economy in Czechoslovakia (B.A., 1924), in Grenoble, France, and in Hamburg, Ger. He went to work as an interpreter for a French shipping company, writing in his spare time articles about exotic ports of call and life aboard ship. He submitted travel articles to French and Hungarian newspapers, and his evident love of adventure and flair for languages (he spoke five) soon brought him work as a travel correspondent and editor in Prague (1930–33) and London (1934–38). His first book, 1936—On the Continent, was a best-seller in Europe and the United States. Fodor was on a business trip in the United States at the outset of World War II, and he remained there, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1942 and serving in the U.S. Army’s intelligence unit for five years. In 1949 he settled in Paris and founded Fodor’s Modern Guides, Inc., to publish detailed, easy-to-understand travel guides to specific countries. He returned to the United States in 1964, and many of the later Fodor guides were written about the United States. Fodor sold his company in 1968. PLUS----there are L-O-A-D-S of maps and illustrations!! This is the softcover stated Fodor's First Edition from 1983. Other than a front flyleaf cardholder (ex lib), both the stiff mylar-covered cover and the book are in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find TRAVEL COLLECTIBLE. ALL OF MY LISTINGS ARE BETTER THAN AN AUCTION!! NAME THE REASONABLE PRICE YOU WANT TO PAY WHEN YOU CLICK BEST OFFER AND CHANCES ARE THE ITEM WILL BE YOURS--IMMEDIATELY!! NO WAITING FOR AN AUCTION TO END!! NEW!! NEW!! NEW! EVERY DAY WILL BE MARKDOWN SALE DAY IN MY STORE!!! HUGE DISCOUNTS WILL BE FOUND ON SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT CELEBRATE THE CALENDAR DAY ALL MARKDOWNS WILL LAST ONLY 24 HOURS---SO CHECK BACK EVERY DAY!! CLICK HERE-------- _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WANT TO SEE MORE?? FOR EXTRA-SPECIAL SAVINGS GO TO: BARRYS BARGAIN BIN for BOOKS THOUSANDS OF UNIQUE TITLES (no duplication) ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FIRST EDITIONS ! MUSIC IN ALL GENRES AND FORMATS (lps, 45s, 78s, and cassettes) ASSORTED RARE CURIOSITIES EVERYTHING (except death and taxes) IS NEGOTIABLE! MAKE ME AN OFFER I CAN'T REFUSE!! (NO HORSE'S HEAD IN THE BED, PLEASE!) ALL REASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!! (EVEN THE OCCASIONAL UNREASONABLE OFFER) GO AHEAD---YOU'RE HERE ALREADY!! Be sure to add me to your favorites list 051009