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Hardback. New. This volume gives a popular description of Iran and was the result of the author's extensive travelling in the country and close knowledge of its people and customs over a period of 3 years at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Persia and its People by Ella C. Sykes - 1910
by Ella C. Sykes
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Persia and its People
by Ella C. Sykes
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Methuen, London, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. xii + 356pp. Text body is free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Main text block remains firmly bound. Spine cocked and worn, with chips at tip and base, and split at front hinge. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Covers marked and worn. Corners bumped. Contains frontispiece, 19 illustrations and one fold-out map. Frontispiece and 3 plates are loose, but all are present. Fold-out map has several tape repairs, but no loss. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; Persia / Iran; Modern; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 12248. .
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- Publisher Methuen
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1910
- Keywords BZDB243 history, travel, C20th, Middle East, Persia, Iran, bio, social Travel & Places; Persia / Iran; Modern; History. Persia and its People Ella C Sykes
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Persia and its People
by Ella C. Sykes
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Persia and its People (RLE Iran A)
by Sykes, Ella C (Author)
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- Hardcover
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- 9780415608466 / 0415608465
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Routledge, 2011. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 356 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.
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Persia and Its People
by SYKES, Ella C
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- First American Edition
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Thick 8vo. Pp. xi. 356. Frontis. photo portrait of the Shah as a boy. With 20 additional photographs taken by the author. Large fold-out map at rear. Index. Bound in blue cloth with elaborate cover titles, spine with lettering and floral design in gilt. Minor soiling to front cover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Withal, a sturdy, presentable copy. "A description of life in Persia as observed by the author during two visits extending over a period of about three years in the last decade of the 19th and first decade of the 20th centuries. The book includes chapters on religion, government, travel, country life, Persian men, Persian women and the city of Mashdad." (GHANI, p. 362.) The author's brother was the diplomat and scholar Brigadier-General Sir Percy M. Sykes who also wrote extensively on Persia.
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