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Mountfort, Guy, Illustrated By Eric Hosking, Foreword By Sir Jul, Ian Huxley

Portrait of a Desert; The Story of an Expedition to Jordan

1965

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Year of publication
1965
Place of printing
London. Collins
Author
Mountfort, Guy, Illustrated By Eric Hosking, Foreword By Sir Jul, Ian Huxley
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Asia Middle East
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [24.5 x 17 cm]; 192 pp, numerous illustrations including many in color on plates, appendix of observed bird species, glossary, bibliog, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at edge), inscription on endpaper noting this is the only book of its kind on Jordan, near fine and clean in good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author was invited by King Hussein of Jordan to conduct an expedition to explore the disappearing wildlife and vegetation of that country. The expedition included Julian Huxley and travelled three thousand miles through desert and mountain passes, and included Azraq oasis with its Roman fortress used by Lawrence of Arabia, Petra, Jerash, etc. They discovered a species of plant new to science, as well as bird species not in their normal range.