SPORT IN EGYPT. By J. Wentworth Day and others.

1938 1st edition. 4to (190 x 251mm). Pp151. B/w photographs, foreword by King Farouk. Light brown cloth, titled on spine in gilt and on upper board in dark brown.

Mostly about game bird and waterfowl shooting, but includes two chapters on fishing: Big Game Fishing in Egypt, by Major C.S. Jarvis; and A Woman Angler On The Red Sea, by Mrs. John Bowen. Two chapters on the Arab horse by H.R.H. Prince Mohamed Aly". Mr. Wentworth Day... recently visited Egypt as the guest of the Egyptian Government to report upon the possibilities of developing sport, in which Egypt is particularly rich, especially wildfowl shooting and polo, for the visitor. Egypt's splendid climate makes it additionally attractive to the tourist, and the aeroplane has brought it within quick and easy rich. Several well-known sportsmen have contributed chapters to what is the first book on modern sporting facilities in the land of the Pharaohs".