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192834780London: Herbert Jenkins 1928. First Edition. Illustrated from photographs on glossy full-page plates througout. 8vo publisher's original forest-green cloth the upper cover blocked and lettered in black the spine panel ruled and lettered in black lower cover with publisher's logo in black. 320 pp. A fine copy beautifully preserved and with only very minimal evidence of age probably as pristine and never opened. FIRST EDITION. "I wanted to see Palestine but if I took such a long journey I must also see the wonders of Syria. Above all I must visit Petra. And she did in spite of war and division. A splendid and very engaging book on the author's journeys through some of the most historically important places in the Near East: Jerusalem Bethlehem The Mount of Olives Jericho Amman Palmyra Baalbek Damascus Galilee and Samaria. A journey taken not long after the defeat of the Ottoman Turks in World War I and the succeeding changes to the political landscape of the East. Herbert Jenkins hardcover