BELL (G.L).: Amurath to Amurath. IN FULL MOROCCO , Heinemann, 1911

8vo., First Edition, with a sepia-toned frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 200 sepia-toned plates on 104, 5 full-page plans and a full-page table in the text, 31 smaller illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text and a large folding map coloured in outline, some light age-browning (mainly marginal); handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, uncut, pictorial cloth and gilt backstrip from original binding preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Sold from an institution with its small, neat blind stamp on title. The engraved map (often missing) is clean and bright. Classic and profusely illustrated account of Gertrude Bell's extensive journey through Mesopotamia following the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. A most desirable copy of an extremely scarce work. (Book ref. 19617)  £485.00

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