P. M. Sykes — A History of Persia

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1915. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Percy Sykes' vivid travel work exploring Persia, lavishly illustrated with folding maps and colour plates. The first edition.Bound by Bumpus.An interesting travel work exploring the history of Persia, looking at both the political and social history, as well as the natural history of the country.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, two colour plates, two folding maps, and eighty monochrome plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour folding plate, one colour plate, four folding maps, and eighty-nine monochrome plates.Collated, complete. Bookplate of Ernest Ridley Debenham to the front paste downs. Ernest made vast expansions to his family's drapery firm. Bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to the recto of the front endpapers. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, a little worn. Front joints and rear joint of Volume I are starting and cracked. Leather is a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spines of Volume I and to the head of the spine of Volume II, and to the tail of the rear joint of Volume I. A few light marks to the boards. Head of the front board of Volume II is a little faded. Hinges of Volume I and front joint of Volume II are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste downs and to the recto of the front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .