carruthers douglas editor (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Brown buckram covers with gilt title at spine. Covers bright; Originally published by the Argonaut Press, London, 1938. 7 b&w illustrations and two maps, one of which folds out. Tan hardcover with brown label and gilt lettering. ; 7.75" x 10.25"; 134 pages Very Good and fresh. Internally, very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. First. being the journals of four travellers by the great desert caravan route between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1751. 196 pp. ill. folding map of Syria and Mesopotamia. Journeys of Beawes, Roberts, Plaisted and Carmichael. VG+ with minor rust colored spots.

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xxxvi, 196 pp, 6 plates including frontis, folding map at end, bibliog, index. original blue cloth with gilt vignette on covers, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded, small stain on rear cover, interior fine and clean in good cover. The four travellers are William Beawes, Garlard Roberts, Bartholomew Plaisted and John Carmichael. Carruthers provides an excellent and extensive historical perspective in his introduction, an important contribution to understanding the great routes between Europe and Asia, the route through the Syrian Desert to Persia, being described in detail. Cox i, 244. A picture of this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xxxvi, 196 pp., frontispiece, 5 b/w plates, 1 folding map, original blue cloth, gilt & decorated with vignette on cover, index, biblio, previous owner's name inscribed verso front cover, otherwise copy in mint condition, issued by The Hakluyt Society, second series, No. LXIII. Carruthers (1882 - 1962), was an explorer and naturalist. He explored the areas South - East of Syria, and shot certain deer, among them the Arabian Oryx, one species of which was hitherto unknown. During the war years after 1914, Carruthers was employed mainly at the War Office compiling maps of the Middle East. In this work he edited four early travel works between Syria and Iraq. They are as follows: 1- A Journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1745, by William Beawes. II- A Journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748, by Gaylard Roberts. III- A Similar journey in 1750, by Bartholomew Plaisted. IV- A journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1751, by John Carmichael. Bibliographic reference: Cox I, 244. #934.

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xxxvi, 196 pp, 6 plates including frontis, folding colored map at end, bibliog, errata page, index. original blue cloth with gilt vignette on covers, gilt spine title lettering, spine lightly faded but gilt bright, light stain on inside corner of first leaves, else very good copy. The four travelers are William Beawes, Garlard Roberts, Bartholomew Plaisted and John Carmichael. Carruthers provides an excellent and extensive historical perspective in his introduction, an important contribution to understanding the great routes between Europe and Asia, the route through the Syrian Desert to Persia, being described in detail. Cox i, 244. A picture of this book is available on request.

, xxxvi, 196 pages, 7 plates including frontispiece and folding coloured map to rear, narratives of the journey by William Beawes, Bartholomew Plaisted, Gaylard Roberts and John Carmichael First Edition , slight rubbing to spine and corners, spine slightly faded, small mark to front board, previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper with ink blots to pastedown, pages clean, binding firm, cloth and gilt bright, very good condition , blue blindstamped cloth, gilt stamped ship to boards, gilt titles to spine , octavo, 23 cm x 16 cm Hardback ISBN:

1st Edition. First Edition. Second Series, Vol. LXIII. pp.xxxvi, 196, 6 illustrations, folding map. 8vo. The four travellers were William Beawes, Gaylard Roberts, Bartholomew Plaisted and John Carmichael on the route through the Syrian Desert to Persia. Cox I, 244 Bound in three quarters mottled brown calf, marbled boards, red leather title label. Fine pp.xxxvi, 196, 6 illustrations, folding map. 8vo First Edition. Second Series, Vol. LXIII.