Yesterdays in Persia and Kurdistan

Coan, Frederick G

Verlag: Saunders Studio Press, Claremont, California, 1939

Beschreibung

First edition, signed on the reverse of the frontis portratit "Frederick G. Coan; Urumia Persia; 1885-1933". Octavo hardback, green cloth with black lettering to the spine and cover and an illustration of the lion and sun symbol of the Persian Empire. Complete with xvi + 284 pages with 30 plates (including the frontis portrait of the author, a panoramic view of Tehran, and a portrait of Nasir-u-Din Shah). The front and rear pastedowns each have a map of Eastern Kurdistan with an inset of Mesopotamia. Coan (1859-1943) was born in Urumia (now West Azerbaijan province, Iran) to missionary parents. After graduating from college in the US, he returned to Urumia in 1885 after touring Baghdad and Mosul with his new wife. Coan was a witness to the deportation and massacre of Armenians that occurred as Turkish and Kurdish troops advanced into Urumia in 1915. He believed that the total number of Armenian dead exceeded 1 million and referred to the Ottoman Government's policy to the Armenians as one of "extermination". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000011

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Yesterdays in Persia and Kurdistan

Verlag: Saunders Studio Press, Claremont, California

Erscheinungsdatum: 1939

Einband: Cloth

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition