KELMAN, JOHN - ‘FROM DAMASCUS TO PALMYRA’
KELMAN, JOHN - ‘FROM DAMASCUS TO PALMYRA’
illustrated by Margaret Thomas, published by Adam and Charles Black, 1908, pictorial cloth bound
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
KELMAN, JOHN - ‘FROM DAMASCUS TO PALMYRA’
illustrated by Margaret Thomas, published by Adam and Charles Black, 1908, pictorial cloth bound
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
