Amurath to Amurath by Gertrude Bell

Amurath to Amurath

Gertrude Bell

Macmillan and Company, 1924

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Gertrude Bell was an English Arabist, an adviser for British policy in the Middle East. She was instrumental in the creation of the Kingdom of Iraq. A film of her life, Queen of the Desert by Werner Herzog, starred Nicole Kidman. Blue/green cloth with gilt decorations, b/w plates; front paste down endpaper has bookplate from archaeologist Edgar Lee Hewett.  Large colored folded map remains in Very Good condition. Binding is tight and clean.