Add this copy of Mirror to Damascus to cart. $24.00, good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Little Brown & Co..
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Good in Good dust jacket. 0434779806. Small closed tear top front of dustjacket; minute, faint dampstain bottom rt corber text; Originally priced at $7.50/bookplate/medium blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in color photo jacket with purple & green; 226 pages; Lettering/tear at bottom spine/slight dampstain at top spine.
Add this copy of Mirror to Damascus to cart. $29.32, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Little, Brown and Company.
Add this copy of Mirror to Damascus to cart. $57.50, good condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First Edition.
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Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in VG blue pictorial dj. Collectible. 226 pp. including index. The first book ever to be written with the aim of describing Damascus past and present for the general reader. Presently the capital of Syria, Damascus has been a center of civilization and a crossroads for armies, artists, prophets, crusaders, and emperors, since before recorded history. It is the oldest capital in the world. In fact, Moslems have long believed that Damascus was the site of the Garden of Eden; and the city boasts a spot called 'The Tomb of Abel' where Cain is said to have buried his brother's remains. Damascus was a major city when the empire of Pharaohs included Asia Minor. Saint Paul was healed of his blindness here. The city has witnessed the development of the Coptic and Orthodox branches of Christianity, as well as the Jewish, Moslem, Shia, Devil-worshipping, Kurdish, and countless other faiths including the mysticism of the Whirling Dervishes. Colin Thubron tells the stories behind every corner of the city, from tales of the dim Old Testament past, through historical high points such as the arrival of Tamerlane, to the delightful reactions of nineteenth-century lady diarists. Then, embarking from the stories, the author proceeds to explore the physical city and to picture it in opulent detail for the reader. 226 pp. including index.
