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Adamant Media Corporation, 2001-02-13. Paperback. Used: Good.

Adamant Media Corporation, 2001-02-13. Paperback. Used:Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Through Persia on a Side-Saddle. ... With illustrations, etc..

Paperback / softback. New.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-14. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Through Persia on a Side-Saddle.

Paperback / softback. New.

British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London.: John Macqueen., 1901. 2nd Edition.. Pictorial blue cloth, white titles.. Good plus, light wear and fading, lower corner bumped, otherwise very good.. 8vo., 22.5x15 cm.. weight: 1.6 lb. 8 plates, one folding map.

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London: John Macqueen. Poor with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. A poor ex-library copy. A rough reading copy, or a book which would benefit from rebacking. Spine detached (spine has been crudely stitched to the front board). 3 1/2" tear along centre of spine. 1/2" chips and 1/4" missing at ends of spine. Text block separated from spine along rear joint. Pages xv-2 detached. All plates present, although a couple have been reattached facing different pages to those called for. Library stamps and markings, including blind-stamps on plates. The map has numerous long ragged tears, along most of nearly all of the folds. Loss of a few chips in the blank margins at the ends of tears, but the printed area is complete although very tatty.; "New and Revised Edition". xvi, 331 pages + 8 plates + folding map. Original illustrated cloth boards with white lettering on spine and front board. Dimensions: 225 x 144mm. Pages ix-xvi consist of a a new introduction to this edition,… Leer más

By Ella C. Sykes; with an introduction by Major-Gen. Sir Frederic Goldsmid, C.B., K.C.S.I. London: New and Revised Edition, John Macqueen 1901 8vo. xvi,316pp. 8 plates, folding map. This is the 'New and Revised Edition', the first having been pubished in 1898. A good copy in the publisher's decorated blue cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]

Long Riders' Guild Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Philadelphia, PA J.B. Lippincott , 1898. Hardcover RE-BOUND LIBRARY COPY, discarded, with the usual stamps, call numbers, and a pocket removed from the front pastedown endpaper. Very Good: shows very mild external wear; a bit of dust-darkening to the top edge of the text pages. The binding is square and secure; the text clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text.. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. An attractive copy, given its rebound library status, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the noted flaws: remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder or Book-Club. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.75 x 1.8 inches). 362 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated with 31 full-page vintage duotone photographs. The fold-out map at rear.is no longer present. Language: English. Weight: 30.9 ounces. Green cloth hardcover with gold impressing at the backstrip. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Ella Constance Sykes (1863-1939) paid two… Leer más

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1898. First US edition. Cloth. Very good +. 362, [1] p. 23 cm. Frontispiece and 32 b&w plates. Green cloth hardcover with gold impressing. Light wear to cloth. Small label on front pastedown and ink date on rear of front free. Map missing. Ella Constance Sykes (1863-1939) paid two visits to Persia, spending nearly three years there in all. The first took place in October 1894, when her brother Percy invited her to accompany him on his trip to the districts of Kerman and Baluchistan, where he was being sent to establish British consulates. She spent two years in the interior of Persia and was one of the first European women to visit the area. Ella also traveled with her brother on his subsequent missions along the Persian Gulf, visiting the major coastal settlements on the way, and spent the winter of 1896-97 with him in Tehran before returning to England at the end of February 1897. She paid her second visit to Iran some 10 years later when she stayed with… Leer más

London: A. D. Innes & Company, Ltd,, 1898. Now I had a sense of freedom and expansion which quickened the blood and made the pulse beat high First edition of this scarce travel account. Sykes was "the first European woman to visit" the interior of Persia when she spent two years in the area with her brother Percy Molesworth Sykes from 1895 (ODNB). The Times considered her book a "very readable narrative" delivered in a "fresh and lively manner". Though well-represented institutionally, it is uncommon in commerce. Ella Constance Sykes (1863-1939) was among the earliest students at Lady Margaret Hall, the Church of England foundation for women students at Oxford, and later a member of the Central Asian Society and Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society. She had never been beyond Europe when her brother asked her to accompany him to Kerman and Baluchistan, where he was being sent to establish consulates. They travelled along the Persian Gulf, visiting all the major coastal settlements on the way, and… Leer más