Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes — A History of Persia

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1921. Cloth. A complete two volume second edition of this history of Persia from British soldier and scholar Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes. Complete in two volumes. Second edition, revised after the end of the First World War. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, ninety-one plates, many of which are in colour, three maps, and a large folding map to the pocket at the rear. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece, one hundred plates, many of which are in colour, one map, and two folding maps to the pocket at the rear. Collated complete. Now considered a classic history, this work provides a comprehensive history of Persia from Alexander the Great, through British, French and Russian colonialism, to the early twentieth century oil industry. Volume one contains chapters on the configuration and climate, geography, flora and fauna of the country, into the history of the capital, origins and traditions, the rise of Persia, and more until the early Abbasid period. Volume two contains chapters on the Golden Age of Islam, the Seljuk Turks, the Mongol cataclysm, literature and architecture under the Mongols, the Safavi Dynasty, and more to a sketch of Persia after the Great War. Written by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, a British soldier, diplomat, and scholar who wrote historical, geographical, and biographical works, as well as describing his travels in Persia and Central Asia. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Light wear to the pocket at the rear of volume two. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .