Lot 1243
  • 1243

Sykes, Mark

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400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Dar-Ul-Islam. A Record of a Journey through Ten of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey. London: Bickers & Son, 1904
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (235 x 160mm.), xxiv, 294pp., 22 maps, 75 plates [70 photo illustrations (67 called for), 5 sketches, 1 table], original red cloth gilt with map on upper cover, uncut, slipcase

Catalogue Note

The route taken during this journey was similar to that in Sykes' earlier expedition, described in Through Five Turkish Provinces (see lot 1244). Places visited included Konya, Damascus, Aleppo, Urfa, Mosul, Sulaymaniya, Van, Tiflis and Batum.