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BELL, Gertrude.

The Desert and the Sown.

The Desert and the Sown.

Stock Code 110215

New York, Dutton, 1907

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Scarce. A well-illustrated chronicle of Bell's 1905 journey from Jericho to Antioch. A perilous venture through what was then a province of the Ottoman Empire undergoing major upheaval. Complete with the map (frequently lacking from the UK edition).

First US edition. 8vo, xvi, 347 pp. Colour frontispiece and plates, large folding map of Syria, original sand cloth gilt, light wear, a very good copy.

Robinson, Wayward Women, p4.

Provenance

Provenance: John Todd, July 16th 1907, inscription to endpaper, a teacher in Syria at the time.

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