Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc. With sketches of the character and manners of the Koordish and Arab tribes

by J. Baillie Fraser

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Richard Bentley, n.d. First edition, remainder issue; 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, pp. viii, iii -ix, 1 , 382; 477, 1 ; 2 engraved frontispieces; recent terracotta cloth, most of the original gilt-stamped spine preserved and laid down; overall appearance fine, sound and clean. Contains much detailed information about places, ancient sites, scenery, and, above all, peoples -Turkmans, Gīlānīs, Kurds, and Arabs-almost unknown to the West

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