8vo. xxviii, 224 pp., colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, original blue cloth, lightly faded & rubbed at lower edge, index, copy inside clean & in very good condition, Robert Hale Ltd, London, first edition, 1957.

Synopsis

The well known British critic and poet started his travels in the Arab world in 1927 visiting Morocco. In 1956 he travelled to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iran, Iran , Turkey and Egypt. In this work Sitwell tried to put into perspective his vision of Arab and Islamic culture.