The Road to Oxiana
London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1937.
Octavo, x (last blank), 342 (last blank), [2] (publisher's advertisements) pages with a map plus 16 plates.
Peacock-blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, top edge dyed light blue; cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities, and a little marked and scuffed, with the spine a little sunned; early gift inscription on the front flyleaf; a very good copy.
'An enquiry into the origins of Islamic art presented in the form of one of the most entertaining travel books of modern times' ('Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'). The account of the events and impressions of the first day should suffice to prove the point ... 'Venice, August 20th, 1933. - Here as a joy-hog: a pleasant change after that pension on the Guidecca two years ago. We went to the Lido this morning, and the Doge's Palace looked more beautiful from a speed-boat than it ever did from a gondola. The bathing, on a calm day, must be the worst in Europe: water like hot saliva, cigar-ends floating into one's mouth, and shoals of jelly-fish. Lifar came to dinner. Bertie mentioned that all whales have syphilis.'.
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