The Glory of the Shia World, the Tale of a Pilgrimage Translated and Edited from a Perisan Manuscript
Language: English
Published by Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Interquarian, Oxford, United KingdomInterquarian
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Condition: Used
£ 95.00
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xiv, 279 with a coloured frontispiece and a further three colour plates together with numerous photographs of people and places in southern, central and northeastern Iran taken by Sykes during his many years as British Consul in Kirman, Mashhad etc. The story, actually written by Sykes who sought to emulate James Morier's Adventures of Hajji Baba, desribes a pilgrimage from Kirman to the tomb of the 8th Imam, Imam Reza in Mashhad. In excellent condition, plates fresh, tissue guards clean (first lacking), book firm. Decorative gilt titles to spine and further embossed gilt to front cover. Minor wear and rounding of corners, ink signature dated 1946 on ffep.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Glory of the Shia World, the Tale of a Pilgrimage Translated and Edited from a Perisan Manuscript
- Author
- Major P. M. Sykes and Khan Bahadur Ahmad Din Khan
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co. Limited, London
- Publication year
- 1910
- Condition
- Fine /Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Middle East, Oriental Art, Religions
Interquarian
Oxford, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 18, 2006
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