Morton, H V [ Henry Vollam ] — London

Methuen 1926 1st edition. Cloth, VG. x+239pp+4pp publishers adverts, endpaper map, b/w frontis, 23 b/w plates, 1 b/w map, index, cloth a little rubbed along the edges & spine sunned, a nice copy. Morton's contribution of the publisher's 'Little Guides' series, which replaced the earlier work by George Clinch which had been published in 1912. Henry Vollam Morton [ 1892 - 1979 ] journalist and pioneering travel writer. He first achieved fame in 1923 when he covered the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter.