first edition Hardcover
1896 · Edinburgh and London
by Harris, Walter B.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The author was the correspondent of 'The Times' in Tangiers from 1887 to 1933 and travelled widely. His route in Persia takes him to Tabriz, Maraghe and Kermanshah, and then to Baghdad" (Ghani, p.170). Octavo: xii, 335 p., 17 full-page plates, 18 textual illustrations, and two maps, including the folding map at the rear. Original green cloth binding, with gilt and black titles. Small library ink stamp to the front pastedown, with a tiny bit of foxing to the endpapers and edges. The boards are especially fresh and bright.
(Inventory #: 69846)