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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. a edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. a. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

blue & gilt (spine bands) full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. corners rubbed. covers clean. top edge a little dust darkened, other edges clean. contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in good cond. large scratchy spot on front from old label, missing 1"x6" piece along top of rear panel. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (FPu1954 & nap). 310p. 3 b&w maps. 27 gloss full color full page photos. 29 b&w photos. index. world history. middle east history. archaeology. ~ 'IT IS ONE OF THE DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF MAN' says Julian Huxley, 'to testify to his experience, to bear witness to the wonder and variety of the world in which he finds himself. I had the fortunate experience of being plunged into the Middle East and its history; and in this book I have tried to give my personal testimony of the impression which that experience made upon me.' 'The Middle East gives a unique picture of the growth of civilization, from its earliest origins up to the present. Ur and Babylon, Nineveh and Persepolis, Isfahan and Shiraz, Baghdad and Ctesiphon, Petra and Palmyra, Baalbek and Byblos, Damascus and Aleppo, Sidon and Tripoli, Jerash and Dura, Ras Shamra and Qalat Seman, fortresses and castles of every period ~ what a list ! And this includes nothing from Egypt or Turkey: if they too are brought in [ as they are in this book], the wealth of wonders becomes prodigious.' Wherever he went he found something to fascinate or intrigue his restlessly enquiring mind; his scientific knowledge and training give sharpness and an unusual quality to his impressions. He saw 'the overpowering physical spectacle' of the Bekaa Valley, and speculated on its connection with the Great Rift Valley in Africa. He discussed education and the place of women with King Abdullah (' a man caught between two worlds, the modern world of armed technology and the world of the desert and Arabian Islam'). He visited the gigantic ruins of ancient tombs and temples, and considered the fantastic conglomeration of gods and goddesses ~ Baal, Osiris, Ashtaroth, Moloch and hundreds more ~ whose worship was founded on slavery and sacrifice and is now forgotten as the dust. Under his pen the Middle East is populated again with the flourishing empires of four thousand years, dark, bizarre and hostile, rich both in splendour and horror. Everywhere he took photographs, and the best of them ~ 27 in colour and 39 in black and white ~ are an integral part of this book. 'Colour is essential', says Dr Huxley, 'to capture much of the Middle East scene', and when we see the sandstone tombs of Petra 'like a gorgeous, barbaric piece of watered silk', the blue mosques of Isfahan or the triumphal arch at Palmyra, serene against a hot blue sky, our understanding is enriched. Why did this huge area, once so prosperous, the womb from which civilization emerged, relapse into desert and struggling poverty? Can the new nation~states of the Middle East reemerge to take their places in the modem world? In attempting to find the answer to these questions, this beautiful and many~sided book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through time and space, and offers a new and stimulating view of the history of man. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine Hardcover in Very Good+ laminated Dust Jacket with price of $15.95 intact and attractive front cover illustration; over 9" tall; 8vo; gray-colored boards with red cloth spine and bright, distinct gilt spine lettering; 389 pages; some tiny age spots on exterior page edges (exterior of text block); No remainder mark; First Edition, First Printing with number line with a 1; nice tight copy.…