rutter eldon (13 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. pp. 592.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1450grams, ISBN:9780992980825.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 574 pages. 9.75x7.00x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. FEW BRITISH EXPLORERS IN ARABIA have produced books whose importance as travelogues is trans-cended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, published to critical acclaim in 1928, with its author hailed as a worthy successor to Burckhardt, Burton and Doughty. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 maps, 36 black/white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HRHC; HRHT; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 254 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1372. . 2015. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. FEW BRITISH EXPLORERS IN ARABIA have produced books whose importance as travelogues is trans-cended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, published to critical acclaim in 1928, with its author hailed as a worthy successor to Burc.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Holy Cities of Arabia' is an evocative and detailed account of Eldon Rutter's clandestine journey through the sacred heart of the Islamic world during the 1920s. In this second volume, Rutter continues his meticulous documentation of the Hijaz region, offering a rare and intimate glimpse into the rituals, architecture, and daily life of Mecca and Medina. Written at a pivotal moment in Middle Eastern history, the work provides an invaluable record of the geographical and social landscape of the Arabian Peninsula before the era of modern development.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - FEW BRITISH EXPLORERS IN ARABIA have produced books whose importance as travelogues is trans-cended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, published to critical acclaim in 1928, with its author hailed as a worthy successor to Burckhardt, Burton and Doughty.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. xv, 302 pp., [1] / vii, 287 pp., [1], 2 maps, 4 plans, 2 photo frontispieces with captioned tissue guards, half-titles, publisher's buckram gilt, slightly damaged by dampness at top margins, title gilt in Arabic on upper cover, upper edges gilt, minor spotting, previous owner's name inscribed on front fly leaves, the set otherwise is in good condition. Rutter was a young Englishman who was inspired by the exploits of Burckhardt and Burton to attempt the Hajj. Following service during the First World War, he took employment in the Malay States in order to learn Arabic and continued his studies in Egypt "where he lived as a native until he felt so thoroughly at home in the language and well versed in the rites and traditions of Islam as to be confident of his ability to carry through the pilgrimage as a fully fledged Muhammadan." (Sir Percy Cox's Geographical Journal review) Despite the death of his intended travelling companion, and the outbreak of hostilities in the Hejaz, nothing daunted Rutter and "determined to adhere to his longcherished plans," he set out from Suez for Massawa', wisely avoiding the usual route via Jeddah. A little over a year later he was back in Egypt. "Thus ended a great enterprise, carried through with consummate pluck and fixate of purpose, and now given to his countrymen in two absorbing volumes which leave noting to be desired either in literary style or human interest". #2517.

First one volume edition, 8vo, xv, 594 pp., frontispiece, 24 plates, 8 maps and plans, modern black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, old ownership inscription to half title, a fine copy. The account of Rutter's pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Rutter lived as a Muslim in a Mecca. Includes interviews with Ibn Saud.

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo. (23 x 15 cm). pp.xv+303+[1, colophon]; vii+288. Publishers' original dark green cloth, spines and upper covers lettered in gilt, front covers of each volume bearing prominent gilt Arabic script ('Mecca' and 'Medina'), top edges gilt. Photographic frontispiece to both volumes, and 8 maps: 1) Mecca (double-page), 2) The Road between Mekka and 'Arafa, 3) The Haram of Mekka, 4) Roads Connecting Mekka with Et-Tâif, 5) Et-Tâif, 6) El Medina (double-page), 7) The Haram of El Medina, and 8) Arabia showing the Author's Route. Some light spotting to edges and the odd leaf, generally an excellent set. Few British explorers in Arabia have produced books whose importance as travelogues is transcended by their literary quality. One such is The Holy Cities of Arabia, first published to critical acclaim in 1928 (no less than Percy Cox hailed it as a "first-class piece of work"), with its author being hailed as a worthy successor to Burckhardt, Burton and Doughty. Unrivalled among works by Western travellers to Islam's holy cities, this account of a pilgrimage to Mecca in 192526 is made all the more remarkable by its author's timing: in 1925 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn Saud brought to an end centuries of rule over the Hijaz by the Hashimite sharifs and their Ottoman overlords. Rutter, living as a learned Muslim Arab in a Meccan household, had a ringside seat as Riyadh imposed its writ on Islam's holy cities. As striking as his account of life in Mecca before modernisation are his interviews with Ibn Saud, and his journeys to al-Ta'if and to the City of the Prophet, al-Madinah. The Holy Cities of Arabia proved to be its author's only full-length work and, after a brief career as a Middle East traveller, Rutter lapsed into obscurity. The Geographical Journal, "An Englishman in Mecca" (review by Percy Cox), Vol. 73, No. 5 (May, 1929), pp. 460-463.

First edition of this account of performing the hajj in the guise of a Syrian pilgrim, of "striking literary quality [and] enhanced by his remarkable talent for conveying a vivid and sympathetic insider's view of Islam's holy cities" (Facey, p. 1). Inspired by Burckhardt and Burton, Rutter studied Arabic in Egypt after the First World War. "He lived as a native until he felt so thoroughly at home in the language and well versed in the rites and traditions of Islam as to be confident of his ability to carry through the pilgrimage as a fully fledged Muhammadan" (Cox). Despite the death of his intended travelling companion and the outbreak of hostilities in the Hejaz, Rutter set out from Suez for Massawa, avoiding the usual Jeddah route, and returned to Egypt just over a year later. On its release, Rutter's account found favour with T. E. Lawrence, who wrote to Henry Williamson that the volumes "are most modestly good: very human, and fair, and fresh. The entire absence of great-mindedness is very charming. I wonder who he is? Some very queer fish, probably, who has lived for a long while on the wrong side of the world." Ghani, p. 586. Percy Cox, "An Englishman in Mecca", The Geographical Journal, vol. 73, no. 5, May 1929; William Facey & Sharon Sharpe, "Who was Eldon Rutter?", Journal of Arabian Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2016. 2 vols, octavo. Collotype frontispieces with captioned tissue guards, showing Kaaba in Mecca and Green Dome in Medina, 8 maps (2 folding). Original dark green bead-grain cloth over bevelled boards, spines lettered in gilt, Arabic script in gilt on front covers (Mecca on vol. I, Medina on vol. II), top edges gilt, bottom edges untrimmed. Contemporary ownership inscription (perhaps "Jordan A. Ackermann") on front free endpapers verso. Cloth lightly rubbed and marked, fore edge foxed, lesser foxing internally: very good.