8vo. xxviii, 224 pp., colour frontis. b/w plates hors text, original green cloth, faded, index, copy inside clean & in very good condition, Robert Hale Ltd, London, reprint, 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.