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Bell, Gertrude Lowthian.
The Desert and the Sown.
Publisher: Heinemann, London;
Date of Publication: 1907
Stock Code: 13020
First British Edition. Octavo, pp., xvi, 347. Complete with colour frontispiece and over 150 black-and-white glossy photographs within the text, fold-out map to end. Rebound in brown half pigskin over buckram. Five raised bands, floral decoration to compartments. Red morocco title label, gilt. Light scuffs to leather on lower board. Very occasional dog-earing and very slight tears to a few pages, light scattered foxing and soiling to map. A very good copy. Bell’s account of her travels in Greater Syria including descriptions of her time in Antioch, Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut, Alexandretta, and among the Bedouin people. Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was an explorer, archaeologist, diplomat, and writer. She was an expert Arabist; advocate, along with her friend T.E. Lawrence, of Arab independence, and participant in both the Paris Conference of 1919 and the Cairo Conference of 1921. £500.00