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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A detailed recollection of the life of Scottish missionary and Arabic scholar Ion Grant Neville Keith-Falconer, with a frontispiece, map and plate. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding.With a frontispiece, map and plate. Collated, complete.Ion Grant Neville Keith-Falconer was a Scottish missionary and Arabic scholar, the third son of the Earl of Kintore. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge and became interested in evangelistic work while in Cambridge and London. He studied Arabic and the Quran, whilst also being an athlete. He was described as a world cycling champion in 1878.This work is an account of his life, written by Robert Sinker, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge. In publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine and extremities of boards. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spotting to boards. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Ink inscription to half title page. Very Good. book.