BELL (G). BELL, Lady.: The Letters of Gertrude Bell. Selected and edited by Lady Bell. [Complete set] , Ernest Benn, 19272 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 2 frontispieces, 38 plates on 30 and a large folding map; original green cloth, gilt backs, green tops, uncut, backstrips moderately sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean set. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front endpapers. The standard collection of the letters of the great Middle Eastern explorer and traveller. Along with T E Lawrence, Gertrude Bell did much to establish the Hashemite kingdoms in present-day Jordan and Iraq. (Book ref. 19688) £30.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Island Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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