Persia and the Qajar Dynasty - Author's Presentation Copy, [...

Hammer

£260

Persia and the Qajar Dynasty - Author's Presentation Copy, [Morier (Sir James Justinian)], The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, three-volume set, first edition, London: John Murray, 1824, half-titles present, pp: [ii], lxxv, [1] (blank), 272; [iv], 403, [i] (colophon); [iv], 388, [i] (colophon), 20th century blue half-calf gilt over marbled boards, by Paul Dodge of Leicester, loosely-inserted MS note, contemporary red-speckled edges, 12mo, [3]

Provenance: 1) Presented by the author, volume I half-title inscribed in contemporary ink MS: 'From the Author'; 2) R.H. Inglis, ?possibly the author's recipient, his 19th century armorial ink stamp to verso of each title-page.