OFFERED HERE is a lovely fine binding leatherbound volume of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, issues from June to November of that year bound together in high quality Morocco leather. Sized 10x8 inches, 972 pages, profusely illustrated. Double column format. Five raised bands on the spine, gilt titles, cloth leather patterned boards. Wonderful condition. Featuring:
1) The Excavations at Susa, Ancient Persia, by Madame Jane Dieulafoy. Profusely illustrated with 15 engravings. An important piece, in terms of the archeological significance. Susa was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in modern day Iran. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital of Elam and the winter capital of Achaemenid Empire, and remained a strategic centre during the Parthian and Sasanian periods. The site currently consists of three archaeological mounds, covering an area of around one square kilometre. The modern Iranian town of Shush is located on the site of ancient Susa. Shush is identified as Shushan, mentioned in the Book of Esther and other Biblical books.
2) Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main, by Howard Pyle, artist and author.
3) Here and There in the South, travel to Mobile, Alabama; Louisiana, Bayou Teche, etc.
4) The Natives of Siberia, Russia, by Henry Lansdell, illustrated. Also, The Sons of the Steppe, by the same author. Also about Russia
5) A Central Sudan Town.
6) A Santa Barbara Holiday, California, by Edwards Roberts.
7) Riding in New York, horseback.
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