Amurath to Amurath.

£800 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Getrude Bell's scarce account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates, well illustrated with original photographs. This was her first journey into Iraq and the start of her lifelong association with the country and its independence. She visited the Hittite city of Carchemish, where she consulted with the two archaeologists on site, T. E. Lawrence and Reginald Campbell Thompson, photographed the relief carvings in Halamata Cave, mapped and described the ruin of Ukhaidir, and travelled on to Babylon and Najaf. Second edition; 8vo; frontispiece and 235 illustrations, large folding map at end; publisher's original gilt blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper cover, a fine copy; xvii, 370 pp. Robinson, pp4-5.

• Binding: Hardcover

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