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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Later Printing. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), often called "The Queen of the Desert," was a traveller. a spy, and an archaeologist, who,like T.E. Lawrence, was instrumental in the formation of the modern Middle East - in particular what is now the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. She died in somewhat mysterious circumstances; her letters were edited by her stepmother and published a year after her death, These are Very Good (Plus) copies of a Later Printing (Eighth Impression) of the First American Edition. Large octavos with a blue cloth binding, beveled edges. Clean text; xiii, 402 pages, with map in rear; and vii, 791 pages, with index, fold-out map. Illustrated. Some light spotting to the edges, and evidence of fade along the margins - the spine is now more of a gray, with gilt lettering that has faded but is still quite readable. Bookplates on the front paste-downs, No dustjackets Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.…