Name: Auction: Bishop, Isabella, née Bird Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 600 GBP
Availability: InStock

Lyon &amp; Turnbull are pleased to announce their October 2025 Books &amp; Manuscripts auction, taking place live and online from Edinburgh. The sale will present a carefully curated selection of printed books, manuscripts, maps, autographs and archives that span centuries of intellectual, literary and cultural achievement. &nbsp;Highlights from the autumn sale include fine bindings and library sets from the libraries of the late Earl of Airlie and from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie, signed documents and letters from literary and historical figures ranging from John Ruskin to Duleep Singh, an important collection of Middle Eastern photography documenting the transformation of the region with the discovery of oil, and a large collection of travel narratives from the 18th to the 20th centuries.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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London: John Murray, 1891. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, 2 folding maps, 2 frontispieces, 11 plates and additional illustrations throughout the text, publisher's catalogue at the rear of volume 1, original decorative blue cloth gilt, neat ownership signature in volume 1, endpapers a little browned and spotted, joints very slightly loose (2)

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan

Bishop, Isabella, née Bird

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Bishop, Isabella, née Bird

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan

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