Both ends of the candle : the autobiography of Sir E. Denison Ross
1943, First Edition. London : Faber and Faber. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked red cloth boards, now slightly dust-dulled and rubbed along the edges. Spine slightly scuffed, with endbands slightly rubbed. Endpapers faintly foxed, with reader's embossed stamp on the front free endpaper. Small stain to the fore-edge only, with text unaffected, remaining tight, bright and clean throughout. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #460800
Physical description; 345 pages, [18] leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm. Notes; With a foreword by Laurence Binyon. Completed after the author's death by A. Denison Ross with the aid of John Alexander Chapman (preface). Includes index. Subjects; Ross, Edward Denison, Sir 1871-1940. Orientalists Great Britain Biography. Linguists Great Britain Biography. University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies History. Language and culture Asia. Language and culture Africa. Persian literature Study and teaching Great Britain. Middle East specialists Great Britain Biography. Asia Study and teaching Great Britain.
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