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Butler (Oliver F.) Iraq.
£225
Photographic Studies
N.p., , n.d. [c.1922].
First edition. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers, tied with pink string.
A beautiful series of photographs capturing scenes in Basra, Baghdad and Al-Qurnah. There are also handsome images of the Tigris, the Ruins of Babylon (Hillah) and the Ctesiphon Arch (Taq Kasra).
LibraryHub locates just two holdings in the UK, at Cambridge and SOAS.
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Internally very good; extremities slightly rubbed and dusty, a few tears to spine, otherwise good.
24 leaves of captioned photogravure plates, printed in blue-grey and sepia.
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