James Saxon Childers Through Oriental Gates and 12 similar items

THROUGH ORIENTAL GATES The Adventures of an Unwise Man in the East Written illustrated with photographs by James Saxon Childers New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. First edition, first printing with (1) on the last page. Original red silk binding with gilt-stamped titles and cameo illustration, map endpapers; illustrated dust jacket. Upper shelf edge darkened with a few minor stains along the spine, faint off-setting to the front cover (from dust jacket titles), else very good; in a very good dust jacket with a few pieces missing from the upper front panel and light chipping to the spine ends. Jacket flap has the original $3.00 price. "Educator, newspaperman, author, and publisher, James Saxon Childers (1899-1965) was a prolific writer of novels, biographies, and travel books based on his own extensive travels before, during, and after World War II. Although most of his life was spent in the American South, he used the region as a setting in only three of his works of fiction."--Encyclopedia of Alabama. An uncommon book in dust jacket. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!