In Search of Eden : the Course of an Obsession / by James Weir
2007, First Edition. London : Armchair Traveller. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; Physical desc. : xii, 174 p. : map ; 17 cm. Subject: Weir, James (1954-) --Travel --Middle East --Weir, James (1954-) --Travel --Africa -- Bible --Geography --Eden in literature --Myth in the Old Testament. Summary: Following life-long fascination with the loss of Paradise and dreams of return. Circumstance took the author to the Persian Gulf, to Ethiopia and Africa's great Rift Valley, to Iran, Yemen and Bahrain, and ultimately back to Turkey. Item #155969
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