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y separately published work icon Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx : A Tale of Incalculable Inversion single work   children's fiction   children's   adventure  
Is part of Cairo Jim Geoffrey McSkimming , 1991 series - author children's fiction (number 9 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx : A Tale of Incalculable Inversion
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'When that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, and his friends Doris the Macaw, Brenda the Wonder Camel and Jocelyn Osgood make the "find of the century," a new enemy on the scene sets out to discredit Jim and destroy his hard-won reputation... ' (Source: bookseller's website).

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Korean translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Rydalmere, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder Headline Australia , 1997 .
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      Extent: vi, 256p.p.
      ISBN: 0733605796
      Series: y separately published work icon Starlight Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1993-2003 Z1329409 1993- series - publisher children's fiction novel children's young adult
Alternative title: Kokohak t‘amjŏng K‘airo Jim sŭp‘ing k‘ŭsŭŭi bimil mudŏm
Language: Korean
    • Seoul,
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      South Korea,
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      Korea, East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Juniŏ Raendom ,
      2009 .
      Extent: 345p.
      ISBN: Juniŏ Raendom

Works about this Work

Rattling Yarns Barry Carozzi , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 213 1999; (p. 43)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx : A Tale of Incalculable Inversion Geoffrey McSkimming , 1997 single work children's fiction ; Whispers from the Shibboleth Brian Caswell , 1998 single work children's fiction
Rattling Yarns Barry Carozzi , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 213 1999; (p. 43)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx : A Tale of Incalculable Inversion Geoffrey McSkimming , 1997 single work children's fiction ; Whispers from the Shibboleth Brian Caswell , 1998 single work children's fiction
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