Middle East: Hormuzd Rassam,

Asshur and the Land of Nimrod, first edition, Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page: ‘Mrs Evelyn A. R. Goode from her affectionate godfather the author’, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding plans, 1 double-page map, some cracking to joint internally, modern inscription detailing provenance to front flyleaf, occasional spotting, final leaf with wormholing at foot, patterned endpapers, original gilt-lettered cloth, 8vo, New York & Cincinnati, 1897.