Persia Past and Present, A Book of Travel and Research With More Than Two Hundred Illustrations and a Map

"Persia Past and Present: A Book of Travel and Research With More Than Two Hundred Illustrations and a Map" by A. V. Williams Jackson, published in New York by The Macmillan Company in 1906. This substantial work combines travel and scholarly research on Persia, with more than 200 illustrations and a large map of Persia and Afghanistan.

Octavo (6" x 9.25"), 471 pp., in full navy cloth with gilt decoration centered on the upper board and gilt lettering to the spine. The book has a gilt top edge and deckled edges. There is minor edgewear, lightly bumped and rubbed corners, and some ruffling with tiny closed tears at the head and foot of the spine. The frontispiece is titled “King Darius offers sacrifice unto Ormazd.” A large colored folding map of Persia and Afghanistan is bound at the rear, with tiny closed tears at the folds where it is attached to the text block.

Notably, this copy bears a six-line inscription from the author, “with the best wishes of the Author,” dated 1906, making it an especially interesting association copy.