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By Camel and Car to the Peacock Throne

By Camel and Car to the Peacock Throne

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Illustrated travel account by the prolific American writer and journalist E. Alexander Powell of a motorised journey through the Middle East to Persia, combining motor car travel with camel transport across desert terrain. Published in London by John Long Limited, 12–14 Norris Street, Haymarket, 1923. Powell is credited as author of earlier works including 'In Flanders' and 'Trails So Down'. Frontispiece shows Major Powell on the upper Euphrates. An uncommon motoring travel narrative.

  • Author: Powell, E. Alexander
  • Publisher: John Long Limited
  • Place: London
  • Year: 1923
  • Edition: First edition
  • Physical: Hardback, 8vo, dark teal/green cloth boards gilt-lettered on spine; frontispiece photograph captioned 'Major Powell on the upper Euphrates'; illustrated throughout
  • Condition: Good (cloth lightly rubbed; gilt lettering clear)
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