TENT WORK IN PALESTINE: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE
Written by Claude Reignier Conder
Illustrated by J.W. Whymper
Published by Richard Bentley & Son
in 1880
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TENT WORK IN PALESTINE: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE
Written by Claude Reignier Conder.
Illustrated by J.W. Whymper.
Stock no. 1830859
1880.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition.
New Edition. This book details the author's journey and survey of Palestine as part of the Palestine Exploration Fund, blending personal experiences with descriptions of the terrain and ancient sites. Yellow/brown cloth with black titles and gilt vignette to front. B/w illustrations. xvi and 397 pages plus 1 page advertisement for books by the author to rear. Spine heavily browned, boards grubby. Knock to horizontal and vertical edges of rear board. Rear board marked. Text block browned. Name and price in pencil to front endpaper, 2 contemporary names in ink to verso of frontispiece. A little pencil annotation else contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- I. The Road to Jerusalem
- II. Shechem and teh Samaritans
- III. The Survey of Samaria
- IV. The Great Plain of Esdraelon
- V. The Nazareth Hills
- VI. Carmel and Acre
- VII. Sharon
- VIII. Damascus, Baalbek and Hermon
- IX. Samson's Country
- X. Bethlehem and Mar Saba
- XI. Jerusalem
- XII. The Temple and Calvary
- XIII. Jericho
- XIV. The Jordan Valley
- XV. Hebron and Beersheba
- XVI. The Land of Benjamin
- XVII. The Desert of Juday
- XVIII. The Shephelah and Philistia
- XIX. Galilee
- XX. The Oirgin of the Fellahin
- XXI. Life and Habits of the Fellahin
- XXII. The Bedawin
- XXIII. Jews, Russians, and Germans
- XXIV. The Fertility of Palestine
- XXV. The Future of Palestine