Lot 16
  • 16

Arnold, [Robert] Arthur

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Through Persia by Caravan. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1877
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (215 x 132mm.), half-titles, early twentieth-century half morocco, neat library number in ink at head of spines

Provenance

Royal Military Library, Sandhurst, manuscript inscriptions, label, and library stamps on endleaves

Literature

Ghani p.21-22; Wilson p.9

Condition

The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

"During the summer of 1875, my wife and I left London, intending to travel through Russia and Persia... From Poland we passed to St. Petersburgh, and from the Russian capital southwards to Astrakhan. We traversed the Caspian Sea from extreme north to south, and, landing at Enzelli, rode through the whole length of Persia... we arrived in the Persia Gulf in February [1876]" (preface).

Chapter 10, volume 2, includes "Government in Persian Gulf - The Arabia shore - The Sultan's power in Arabia - Oman and the Ibadhis - Pilgrims to Mecca [&c.]".