UNGAR (Edward).

Souvenir Booklet to Jordan Trip. Following the Footsteps of Our Lord from Jordan, Jericho to Jerusalem.

UNRECORDED HOLY LAND GUIDE

First edition. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers; a few tiny stains to covers, otherwise near fine. Some uneven browning to interior pages. 26pp. [New York], Printed at the L.J.S. House of Industry, 1910.

£275.00

An extremely rare booklet issued to tourists on F.C. Clark’s twelfth Mediterranean cruise, to accompany a trip from Jordan to Jerusalem. It comprises a list of places of interest (with historical notes and biblical quotations) and two short essays, ‘Women in the East’ and ‘The Bedawin: Children of the Desert’. The former principally outlines Islamic marriage customs in Palestine, with a focus on the role of the bride.

Frank C. Clark was among New York’s most famous travel agents. He maintained a travel bureau in the Times Building and pioneered the concept of the world cruise. His annual Mediterranean cruise was a highly coveted event and encompassed Madeira, Algiers, Athens, Istanbul and Jerusalem. Those attending the 12th cruise, for which this booklet was produced, spent twenty-four days in Egypt and Palestine, where Clark himself had travelled as a young man.

Seemingly unrecorded, with no examples in LibraryHub or OCLC.

Stock No.
251498