Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc.
with sketches of the character and manners of the Koordish and Arab tribes.
Stock Code 98927
London, Richard Bentley, 1840
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Sir Wilfred Thesiger's copy. An important association copy from the library of explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger, who explored Iraq, the home of the Marsh Arabs, Kurdistan, and Persia from 1949-1958, and wrote a number of books on the region.
A tour from Persia to Shahrizor, Kifri, Baghdad, the Euphrates and back.
'One of the earliest accounts of life in Kurdish villages. The narrative is in the form of letters to someone in England. There is a very interesting account of events after Fath Ali Shah's death, the succession of Mohammed Shah and the intrigues and claims by his rivals' (Ghani).
First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, viii, 382; ix, 477pp., engraved frontispiece to each volume, later green pebble-grained cloth, morocco labels, tiny chip head of spine vol i, old illegible signature to verso of frontispiece with slight show through to recto else a clean fresh copy in very good condition.
Ghani 142.
A tour from Persia to Shahrizor, Kifri, Baghdad, the Euphrates and back.
'One of the earliest accounts of life in Kurdish villages. The narrative is in the form of letters to someone in England. There is a very interesting account of events after Fath Ali Shah's death, the succession of Mohammed Shah and the intrigues and claims by his rivals' (Ghani).
First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, viii, 382; ix, 477pp., engraved frontispiece to each volume, later green pebble-grained cloth, morocco labels, tiny chip head of spine vol i, old illegible signature to verso of frontispiece with slight show through to recto else a clean fresh copy in very good condition.
Ghani 142.
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