The Road to Oxiana by Byron, Robert - 2000

The Folio Society, London, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Slipcased. Illustrator: Photographs. Maps redrawn by Denys Baker, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, indexed.The book is secondhand, there is no damage to describe of it, or of the slipcase. In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. "The Road to Oxiana" offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers. Robert Byron (1905-41) was born in 1905, and educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He died during the Second World War, when the ship he was serving on was torpedoed by a U-Boat off Cape Wrath. Byron's "The Road to Oxiana" is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing. – From the blurb on a penguin softcover edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; Asia Minor; Inventory No: 0280435. .