- 1244
Sykes, Mark
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- Through Five Turkish Provinces. London: Bickers and Son, 1900
- paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (222 x 140mm.), viii, [iv], 150pp., folding map, 21 plates, original red cloth, photographic facsimiles on the covers, top edge gilt, slipcase
Provenance
Peter Hopkirk, book label, sale in these rooms 13-14 October 1998, lot 1144
Catalogue Note
The author had intended to spend three or four months in the Syrian desert, but unable to obtain the necessary permit to do so, he visited Damascus, Aleppo, Bagdad, Mosul, Van, Mount Ararat, Erivan and Batum instead.