A Persian Journey: Being an Etcher's Impressions of the Middle East

Fred Richards

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1931

Beschreibung

A smart first edition of this travelogue with illustrations by the author throughout. First edition. Illustrated with forty-eight plates. Collated complete. A detailed travelogue from the author's experiences in Persia, with chapters on the sights and sounds of Isfahan, opium, locusts, shopping, telegraphs, Persian gardens, the month of Muharrum, and much more. Written and illustrated by Fred Richards, a British etcher and artist who studied architecture at the Royal Collage of Art and traveled widely. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Much of the text block remains unopened. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 888T69

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Persian Journey: Being an Etcher's ...

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1931

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Fred Richards

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book