RARE description of the Middle East from the beginning of 20th-century. 215x280mm. XVI+279 pages. Brown half-leather Hardcover rebound with part of original spine. Includes numerous illustrations, as well as two fold-outs (one frontispiece with a view on mount of olives, one scroll). Cover edges stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Ex-libris stamp (Malta Garrison library) on title page and frontispiece verso. First three pages wrinkled. Frontispiece worn, age-stained and wrinkled, left edge water-stained, upper edge taped, bottom corner slightly tattered and taped. Pages yellowing and wavy, some pages age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book has been carefully repaired by previous owners, and is still in good reading condition. We offer it for a reduced price due to its accumulated age-damage.