Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1894
The Peter Hopkirk copy. A fine copy, inscribed by the author, with illustrious provenance. Wills was a medical officer with the British (India) Telegraph Department in Persia and travelled widely with the Goldsmid mission. A well respected writer, the present work is unusual in taking the form of a quasi-novel to explore the life of ladies in the Persian upper class.
First edition; 8vo, inscribed presentation copy from the author, x, 376, [1] pp., original blue pictorial cloth gilt, a fine copy.
First edition; 8vo, inscribed presentation copy from the author, x, 376, [1] pp., original blue pictorial cloth gilt, a fine copy.
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