Robert Casey belonged to the generation of foreign correspondents who outdid Hollywood in their adventures. Cited for bravery in World War I, he then spent twenty-seven years as a columnist for the Chicago Daily News. His search for stories took him to Indochina and Cuba, the Pitcairn Islands and London during the Blitz, the D-Day invasion, and the liberation of Paris. Widely admired for his prose style and facility for anecdote, he had a particular fondness for this volume. His papers are at the Newberry Library in Chicago ...
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Robert Casey belonged to the generation of foreign correspondents who outdid Hollywood in their adventures. Cited for bravery in World War I, he then spent twenty-seven years as a columnist for the Chicago Daily News. His search for stories took him to Indochina and Cuba, the Pitcairn Islands and London during the Blitz, the D-Day invasion, and the liberation of Paris. Widely admired for his prose style and facility for anecdote, he had a particular fondness for this volume. His papers are at the Newberry Library in Chicago, waiting for what could be an exciting biography.
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Add this copy of Baghdad and Points East to cart. $11.08, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2014 by Westphalia Press.
Add this copy of Baghdad and Points East to cart. $30.98, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1928 by J. H. Sears.
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Very Good. 8vo. xii, 300pp, bw ills. Or green cloth with black vignette to front. Endpapers toned, stain at bottom of title page, occasional light foxing. Narrow strip of cloth at top of spine almost detached (approx 1cm). Account of travels in what is now Syria and Iraq with specific mention of Baghdad, Basrah, Ninevah and many other places of interest.
Add this copy of Baghdad & Points East to cart. $49.81, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1928 by Hutchinson.
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Gift inscription date 1928 on front free end paper; insect damage to front hinge; free end papers a little yellowed; some irregular loss of colour to black cloth on boards; wear at head & foot of spine.
