Buy this book on-line Shepherd, Naomi : The Zealous Intruders: From Napoleon to the Dawn of Zionism - The Explorers, Archeaologists, Artists, Tourists, Pilgrims, and Visionaries who opened Palestine to the WestUS: Harper & Row, 1987 ISBN 0060672714
First edition, first printing, near fine condition, in a near fine unclipped ($19.99) dustjacket, publisher's original blue clothboards with gilt blocking to spine, 282 pages including bobliography and index, b/w photo illustrations, b/w line map---------------'The author account of how the West rediscovered Palestine illuminates the fantasies and figures: explorers, scholars, painters, consuls, tourists, antiquarians and finally missionaries. Thus rescued from oblivion, the object of so many interests, fantasies, and anxieties in Europe and America, Palestine defied and resisted the West as strongly as it obsessed and challenged it.' Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shepherd, Naomi : The Zealous Intruders: From Napoleon to the Dawn of Zionism - The Explorers, Archeaologists, Artists, Tourists, Pilgrims, and Visionaries who opened Palestine to the West. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, out-of-print books, fine bindings, livres anciens and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |