27 surrePtitious archaeologY in the ottoMan eMPire
80. CoWPer, Henry swainson. the hill of the graces. a record of investigation among the trilithons and Megalithic sites of tripoli. London: Robert MacLehose and Co., The University Press Glasgow for Methuen & Co, ‘1897’ [but circa 1901].
£195
8vo (224 x 141mm). original green cloth, boards with blind-ruled borders, upper board with central gilt vignette, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; pp. [i]-xxii, [2 (fly-title, verso blank)],
[1]-327, [1 (blank)], [1]-48
(publisher’s catalogue, dated november 1901); half-tone photographic frontispiece, half-tone illustrations in the text, and 2 plans, one folding, all but one after cowper, and one folding lithographic ‘Map of Parts of gharian, tarhuna, and M’salata (tripoli)’ by e.g. ravenstein after cowper, with routes printed in red and the sea in blue; extremities very lightly rubbed, minimal light bumping, some light spotting on endpapers, fore-edges and catalogue, map slightly creased and with short, skilfully-repaired tear; provenance: traces of excised bookseller’s descriptions on upper pastedown.
First edition, later issue. henry swainson cowper, Fsa (1865-1941) travelled through
Mesopotamia, egypt, tripoli (Barbary) and asia Minor, and published two accounts of his journeys: Through Turkish Arabia (1894) and the present work. cowper explains in his preface that, ‘the “hill of the graces” is principally the result of investigations carried on in tripoli during two visits to that country, when i was fortunate enough to enjoy the hospitality of my friend, our present consul-general in the Pashalik. During the spring months of 1895 and 1896, i made two short journeys through the districts called gharian, tarhuna, and M’salata; but since, as is well known, all european travel has been prohibited in the interior since 1880, i found it possible only to effect my purpose by announcing an intention of absenting myself from the capital for a few days’ sport. the real object — equally harmless — which i had in view, was to gain some information concerning the ancient megalithic ruins, which were known to exist in the hill range, and which, i venture to say, the figures and plans in the following pages will show to be far more novel in character, as they are far greater in number, than has been hitherto suspected. at the same time, i would ask the reader to bear in mind, in reading my account of this remarkable series, that this same prohibition necessarily made my visit of a somewhat fugitive character; so that, as a rule, it was neither advisable nor possible to spend any length of time at any particular site however important or interesting: for although my excursions were attended probably with little personal risk, i was in honour bound to consider the trusty arab tribesmen, who, by escorting a stranger — contraband so to speak — through their country, laid themselves open to reprimand if not punishment from the turkish authorities. strange as it may seem, when we consider the propinquity of these remains to the coast, there does not appear to be any record up to now of an english traveller having recognized their character. Prior to the prohibition, and especially during the first half of this century, not a few exploring parties passed through these hills, but their aims being generally the exploration of the routes to central africa, they seldom turned aside to investigate the hill range; so that, although they must have passed ruins of the senam type, they contented themselves with marking “ruins” in their journal’ (pp. ix-x).
81. CoX, euan Hillhouse methven. Farrer’s last Journey. upper Burma, 1919-20 ... together with a complete list of all rhododendrons collected by reginal Farrer, and his Field notes, compiled by Miss helen t. Maxwell. London: Billing and Sons, Ltd. for Dulau & Co. Ltd., 1926.
£395
8vo (221 x 140mm). original burgundy cloth, upper board with blind-ruled border, lower board with central device in blind, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, map endpapers; pp. xix, [1 (blank)], 244; photographic frontispiece and 23 photographic plates, all after the author; extremities very lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, some variable spotting and foxing, otherwise a very good copy; provenance: M.W. Woodcock (late 20th-century inkstamp on the recto of the front free endpaper).
First edition, signed ‘euan H.m. Cox. march. 1927’ on the verso of the front free endpaper. the first horticultural book by the celebrated plant- collector and gardener cox (1893-1977) was this account of Farrer’s final expeditions: ‘in 1919, following a chance meeting with reginald Farrer in london, [cox] accompanied Farrer to upper Burma on a plant collecting expedition. once the seed harvest had been collected, cox returned to Britain, leaving his companion to carry on the expedition into the following spring. after Farrer’s death, in october 1920, it fell to cox to sort out and distribute their seed collections. several important new plant introductions to Britain resulted, including the rhododendron species R. mallotum; Deutzia calycosa, with white, purple-centred flowers; and Juniperus recurva var. Coxii, the chinese coffin tree, with its blue-green swags of foliage. the latter, named for cox, proved to be one of the best conifers introduced to Britain during the twentieth century’ (oDnB). signed copies of this work are rare on the market.
Yakushi (3rd ed.) C361. ‘the corPse reViVer’ anD other cocKtails
82. CraddoCK, Harry. the savoy cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the cocktails, rickeys, Daisies, slings, shrubs, smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930 ... compiled by harry craddock of the savoy hotel, london. Constable & Company. 1930.
£798
8vo. original cloth-backed boards, attractive art Deco design to the upper cover in green, black, gold and grey; pp. 288; coloured decorations throughout by gilbert rumbold; a little worn at head of spine, with a few ink ticks against a couple of recipes, a very good copy, the decorative boards have much less rubbing than is often found, though the spine lettering is dulled.
First edition of this celebrated cocktail book, sought after both for its recipes and for the fine art Deco cover. cocktails included are the corpse reviver: “Four of these taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again”, the earthquake cocktail: “so- called because if there should happen to be an earthquake on when you are drinking it, it won’t matter”, the rattlesnake cocktail: “so called because it will either cure rattlesnake bite, or kill rattlesnakes, or make you see them”, and many more.
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