Howard's Guide to Jerusalem and vicinity. With map of Palestine.

1895. HOWARD, Alexander. Howard's Guide to Jerusalem and vicinity. With map of Palestine. 140 pp., illustrated with folding map. 8vo, 175 x 115 mm., bound in publisher's red cloth, recased with new end papers. Jaffa and Jerusalem: Howard's Hotel, [1895]. Chevalier Alexander Howard, otherwise known as Iskander Awad, was a local proprietor of two hotels in Jaffa and Jerusalem. He became famous for successfully suing the Baedeker company in the High Court in London for making disparaging remarks about his hotel in Jaffa. Baedekers were ordered to remove the remarks in a judgement which is reprinted at the back of the guide. They not only removed the remarks in the next edition, they in fact deleted all references to both his hotels in their guides. This in the end greatly affected Howard's business and he suffered financial hardship. It is interesting to note in the rear of this guide Howard has included several pages of glowing testimonials for all his hotels. A fine copy of this rare early guidebook to Jerusalem.