About Algeria Algiers, Tlemcen, Constantine, Biskra, Timgad,
London [and] New York: John Lane, 1912. F. Dorrien Thoroton. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 306. Frontis. illustration. With 32 drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs. Fold-out map at rear. Index. Original brown cloth with gilt decoration to front board, gilt decoration and lettering on spine. Half-title foxed, with offsetting to two pages from news clipping laid-in. Small period ownership signature on ffep. Very Good. Item #5543
First edition. Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford, 1st Baronet (1885-1932), born Charles Thomas, was a British Conservative Party politician from Brighton. He sat in the House of Commons from 1914-1922. Includes a chapter on a finding the ruins of a third century public library -- "a Roman Carnegie." Thomas-Stanford also wrote Leaves from a Madeira Garden. A handsome, stout copy.
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