D. S. Margoliouth — Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus

London, Chatto and Windus, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Signed by the illustrator, a smart first edition of D. S. Margoliouth's richly illustrated history of Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus. Signed presentation inscription by one of the illustrators, W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, to the front free endpaper. "With best wishes for Christmas".  First trade edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with tipped-in colour illustration to the front board.  Illustrated by W. S. S. Tyrwhitt and Reginald Barratt with a tipped-in colour frontispiece and fifty-seven further colour plates, as well as four full-page line drawings. Collated, complete. English orientalist David Samuel Margoliouth offers here a historical portrait of the three cities of Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus, delving into the buildings of the Fatimide Period, the first Mamluke Sovereigns, the Turkish period, the Khedivial Period and more. Margoliouth served as Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1889 to 1937.   In the publisher's original cloth binding, with tipped-in colour illustration to the front board. Externally, smart, with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Most notable rubbing to the joints. The odd minor mark to the cloth. Front hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with occasional light scattered spots to the margins. Slightly heavier spotting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: W. S. S. Tyrwhitt; Reginald Barratt. Very Good .