Up the Tigris to Bagdad.

£1,650 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Scarce. Originally written (but never published) for pulication in a magazine, this account of the author's visit to Baghdad is written in a light style and is full of interesting information on daily life in the city. First edition; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); wood-engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette to title, 2 engraved plates, discreet ownership inscription to front pastedown; publisher's blind stamped cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, upper cover with engraved gilt pictorial vigette, broad gilt borders, moiré silk endleaves, neatly rebacked, corners worn; iv, 66pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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