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Sykes, Brigadier- General Sir Percy.
History of Persia.
Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul, London;
Date of Publication: 1969
Stock Code: 12803
Reprint of Third Edition “with Supplementary Essays”. Two vols, octavo’s, pp., xxxix, [3], 563, [1]; xx, 616. With 15 plates and fold-out map to Volume I and 16 plates and fold-out map to Vol II, plus head- pieces throughout. Publishers’ navy blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Cover cloth lightly scuffed with spine tips creased and upper corner of upper board Vol I bruised. Contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. A very good set. Standard history covering the geography, climate and history from earliest times, by the soldier, diplomat and scholar (1867-1945), author of a number of works on the Middle East. His family later awarded the Sykes Medal to those who contributed to the understanding ofd Persia and Central Asia. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £95.00