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Letters from Palestine – Arthur Rugh – China, 1936 – signed.

Letters from Palestine, Arthur Rugh. Published by Yenching University Press, Peking (Beijing), 1936. Arthur Rugh, an American, Christian and Protestant, was a guest lecturer at Yenching University in Peking. He spent in Palestine from 1934 to 1935. He described his impressions in letters to his children and his friends in Peking and these are compiled in this book. His descriptions deal mainly with Christian sites in Palestine, but most of his impressions are from Jerusalem.
English, with a handwritten dedication from the author, including a number of photographs.
Rare.
[6], 136 pages, [5] photographic plates, 19 cm.
Very good condition