1911 Amurath to Amurath

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

The scarce first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. With a photograph frontispiece, 102 full pages of photograph plates, numerous vignette diagrams and a folding map. Collated complete. A first-hand account of Gertrude Bell's travels along the banks of the Euphrates River, through the Middle East. Passing through Aleppo, Buseirah, Baghdad and Konia. Giving a detailed impression of the land, people and culture. Gertrude Lowthian Bell was an English writer, political officer and archeologist best known for her travels in the Middle East. She was highly praised for her role in British imperial policy-making as an Arabist, and was a close friend of the famous British archeologist and army officer, T. E. Lawrence. The half title page is present, alongside one page of the publisher's advertisements to the front of the book. With the ink signature of Leonard W. King to the front paste-down. Leonard William King was an English archeologist and Assyriologist, known for his translations of ancient works such as the Code of Hammurabi. He was also a professor at Kings College, Cambridge.