The Pageant of Persia: A record of travel by motor in Persia, with an account of its ancient and modern ways by Filmer, Henry - 1937

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English edition, printed in the USA. Black cloth, gilt stamped spine lettering; 56 pages of photographic illustrations. The volume is bumped at the spine ends, has light spotting to the front and rear panels, some top edge soiling and a double crease on the frontis which is mirrored on the front endpaper and half title page. The unclipped dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, has some soiling on the rear panel, edge chips and a few short closed tears, as well as a small piece on the top of the front panel which was reattached (with tape on the verso) and cosmetically dabbed with black marker which bled through to the verso (shielded by the mylar backing). This copy has a small ownership name of Asad Al Faqih stamped onto the top edges. He was the first ambassador from Saudi Arabia to the United States.