My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888-1914: Part Two (1900-1914)
by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1921 Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1921. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O on the FFFP and small bookplate on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Good; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges; wear through paper at tips. No DJ. Blue paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with a paste-on paper title on the spine. Frontispiece photo of the author with tissue guard. Gilt textblock top. Deckled for edge and bottom edge of textblock. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 484 pp tall 8vo. The author was an English poet, writer, anti-imperialist, and Arabist. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt traveled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines through their farm, the Crabbet Arabian Stud in England. He was best known for his poetry, which appeared in a collected edition in 1914, and also wrote political essays and polemics. He became additionally known for strongly anti-imperialist views that were still uncommon in his time. This book, contains almost daily diary entries which will enlighten the reader on the conditions in the Middle and Near East in light British intrusion and the beginnings of the politics that would usher in WWI. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016700
- Title
- My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888-1914: Part Two (1900-1914)
- Author
- Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Middle East, British Politics, diary, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, poet, writer, Arabian Horses, Egypt, Egyptian Politics, Arabian horses in the UK, horse breeder, British upper class, Turkish Politics prior to WWI
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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