The cat of Bubastes
a tale of ancient Egypt
by G. A. Henty
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In 1250 B.C. the teenaged son of the Egyptian high priest sets off a series of harrowing events when he accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes and, accompanied by his sister and two foreign slaves, embarks on a dangerous journey to find safe haven beyond the borders of Egypt.
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Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers in fiction, Fiction, Egypt in fiction, History, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Egypt, history, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Egypt, fiction, Fiction, generalPlaces
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The cat of Bubastes: a tale of ancient Egypt
1896, Blackie, W. Briggs, Copp Clark
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0665292481 9780665292484
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The cat of Bubastes: a tale of ancient Egypt. By G.A. Henty, full-page illustrations by J.R. Weguelin.
1890, F.M. Lupton Pub. Co.
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Edition Notes
Blackie and Son began printing in Bombay, India in 1901.
On p. [2]: G.A. Henty's books, illustrated by eminent artists [56 titles].
Color frontispiece signed: F.G., four ill. signed: J.R. Weguelin.
In original publisher's binding: green cloth with an illustration of an archer with a drawn bow stamped in buff, orange, and black; a seated cat on the spine. Signed: Hassall.
Newbolt, P. Henty, *38.4
LC copy is the gift of the Manlius School, April 27, 1942.
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