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LOCHER, A. With Star and Crescent. A Full Authentic Account of a Recent Journey With A Caravan From Bombay to Constantinople, Comprising A Description of the Country, The People, and Interesting Adventures With the Natives.
Philadelphia: Aetna Publishing Co., 1889. First edition. Tall 8vo., original green cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on the upper cover, 634pp. With numerous illustrations. Some light rubbing along the extremities with a trace of wear to the lower corners but o/w a near fine, bright copy.
A journey by caravan from Bombay to Constantinople. "The description of objects, customs, and peculiar habits of the people, and the relating of amusing adventurous incidents are entirely from personal observations and experiences of the author, and do not refer in any manner to any preceding publication upon a kindred subject....As the caravan went into camp from time to time, unusual opportunities were afforded the author for excursions of exploration, investigation, and adventures with the rascally Bedouins common to the deserts of Persia and Arabia....."
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