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With the Beduins: A Narrative of Journeys and Adventures in Unfrequented Parts of Syria
Gray Hill
1891
T. Fisher Unwin : London
9.5" by 7"
8-318pp
SUMMARY
A presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Gray Hills account of his time amongst the Bedouins in the late nineteenth century.
Authors Presentation Copy,First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding,Scarce,Signed
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs1.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
With the authors presentation inscription, dated May 1903, to the half title: Captain W. Falconer with Mr Gray Hills Kind regards.
Illustrated with sixty-eight full page and vignette illustrations and photographs, including a frontispiece and folding map. Collated, complete.
Gray Hill was a distinguished Liverpool solicitor who, alongside his wife, made a number of annual trips to Jordan, Palestine and Syria. This work is the record of three of these trips, made in 1888, 1889 and 1890.
The majority of the narrative deals with the living conditions and culture of the Bedouin tribes of the region, with a fourth and final section devoted to the folklore and oral traditions of the nomadic tribespeople.
CONDITION
In the publishers original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, resulting in losses to cloth in these regions. Hinges strained, with boards holding firm. Inscription to half title. Internally, lightly strained throughout, with frontispiece detached but present. Spotting and instances of light foxing throughout, most concentrated to first and last few leaves.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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