Bombay, printed by E.G Pearson at the Times Press, Bombay and published at Captain C.K. Greenaway, 1918
The identity of the author is unknown but it could be the Captain Greenaway mentioned in the imprint. The word 're-visited' in the book's title refers to the author having previously served in Mesopotamia during WWI. The present work commences with the author having sailed up the Persian Gulf on board H.T. Elephanta (Hired Troopship & minesweeper) and then entering the Shatt-al-arab with the Chakdara and 'a camouflaged oil tanker'. The party disembark at Basra and begin a tour of the principal archaeological sites of Iraq.
The frontispiece is a group portrait in which Gertrude Bell appears – on pages 23-8, Miss Bell accompanies and informs the group on their tour of Hllah and Babylon. Towards the end of the book, the party dines with the Sheikh of Mohammerah* at his palace. The final leg of the tour includes a visit to the [Anglo-Persian?] oil refinery at Abadan.
Only one copy recorded in OCLC. No copy found on Library Hub.
*Note: The Sheikh was later deposed and his sheikhdom abolished, following the accession of Reza Shah in 1925. He was subsequently kept under house arrest in the outskirts of Tehran until his murder, ordered by Reza Shah, in 1936.
First edition. 8vo (22 x 17 cm), pp. [iv], 42, with a frontispiece and 18 half-tone plates (65 images); original brown card boards, image of dhow on the upper cover, title and author lettered in gilt on upper cover; all extremities worn, spine repaired with brown cloth, a very good copy.
The frontispiece is a group portrait in which Gertrude Bell appears – on pages 23-8, Miss Bell accompanies and informs the group on their tour of Hllah and Babylon. Towards the end of the book, the party dines with the Sheikh of Mohammerah* at his palace. The final leg of the tour includes a visit to the [Anglo-Persian?] oil refinery at Abadan.
Only one copy recorded in OCLC. No copy found on Library Hub.
*Note: The Sheikh was later deposed and his sheikhdom abolished, following the accession of Reza Shah in 1925. He was subsequently kept under house arrest in the outskirts of Tehran until his murder, ordered by Reza Shah, in 1936.
First edition. 8vo (22 x 17 cm), pp. [iv], 42, with a frontispiece and 18 half-tone plates (65 images); original brown card boards, image of dhow on the upper cover, title and author lettered in gilt on upper cover; all extremities worn, spine repaired with brown cloth, a very good copy.
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