Baghdad: The Government of Iraq, 1929. Revised and enlarged edition, folio, pp.(iv), 34, frontis, 8 folding maps. Together with 8 contemporary folding maps of the region loosely inserted. A good copy in rather worn original cloth. The maps are frayed at edges, several have tears to folds, one is annotated in pencil. Maps 1-4 are Roads of Northern Irag; Upper Central Iraq; Lower Central Iraq; [and] Southern Iraq. Map 5 is The Trans-Desert Routes and their connections. Map 6, The City of Baghdad and environs. 7, The environs of Basrah. 8, Ancient Sites. Additional maps: 1: Carte de la Syrie et d'Irak. Echelle 1: 1.150.000. Alexandrie. Egypte. Alexandre Nicohosoff. 40 x 70 cm. Folding to card cover. 2: Iraq, Syria, Turkey. Mosul Division. No J.38 M. Jazarat Ibn Omar. For Official Use only. 68 x 50 cm. Folded. May 1941. 1 inch to 4 miles. Surveyor General of India. 3: Iraq. Baghdad, Diyala, Dulaim. No.2.C. Baghdad. For Official Use only. 64 x 49 cm. Folded. 1931. Reprint of 1922 edition. 1 inch to 4 miles. Surveyor General of India. 4: Iraq, Turkey. Mosul Division. No.J-38 N. Hakari. For Official Use only. 68 x 50 cm. Folded. May 1941. 1 inch to 4 miles. Surveyor General of India. 5: Iraq. Erbil and Mosul Divisions. No.J-38 T. Mosul. For Official Use only. 68 x 49 cm. Folded. June 1942. 1 inch to 4 miles. Surveyor General of India. 6: Iraq, Syria. Mosul Division. No.J-38 S. Tel Afar. For Official Use only. 63 x 45 cm. Folded. May 1942. 1 inch to 4 miles. Surveyor General of India. 7: Road Mileages Iraq. 69 x 56 cm. Folded. Scale: 1 inch to 32 miles. December 1943. Compiled by GHQ Paiforce. 8: Pencil sketch map of Chaimatina mountains and Berwer Bala Valley. And Stanford's Map of the Middle East. Torn on folds.

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Bookseller: John Randall (Books of Asia) (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 74995
Title: Maps of Iraq with Notes for Visitors.
Author: [Iraq]
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Government of Iraq
Place of Publication: Baghdad
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: map
Bookseller catalogs: Iraq; Islamic World;

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