8vo. 2 volumes: xiv, 381; (vi), 409. Complete with two frontispieces, two folding maps and 34 illustrations, of which eleven full-page. Two pages of advertisements at the rear. Original publishers decorative cloth, embossed in gilt on the cover and spine. The binding is in exceptional condition. The gilt and embossed blue, floral decoration are as bright and vibrant as could possibly be. Despite the faintest bumping to the boards corners, there is nothing of note to mention. Near-fine. Internally the books are in a similar condition. A small amount of netting is visible at the inner hinge of volume two, where the front end paper is starting to peel away. This said, the binding is assuredly not cracked and remains tight and firm. Additionally some discrete pencil markings have been made sporadically throughout the text. These minor faults aside, internally a beautiful copy. Some pages in volume two remain uncut. Bright, clear, clean and complete. Also near-fine. The author’s document of her time spent travelling from Baghdad to Tehran, in and around Persia, and then the Black Sea, predominantly on hroseback (at the tender age of sixty…) Accompanied Major Herbert Sawyer – departing after six months of his company and heading for the black sea… She rode north for the Black Sea to end a journey recorded in Travels in Persia and Kurdistan “Her decision and determination made her the most notable woman traveller of her time, setting standards which any traveller, man or woman, would be proud to attain.”
