Author: Todd, Madel Loomis
Title: Tripoli the Mysterious
Description: London, Grant Richards, 1912. orig.cloth. 21x14cm, xv,214,(60)pp, Binding extremities rubbed.. 61pp photoplates. Rubbed. Some light binding stains. Good. ¶ Libya travel account by an American writer. Contents: Tripoli the Mysterious; An Eclipse Trip to Tripoli; Arrival; Thoroughfares; A Little History; Tripoli & the United States; The Pasha's Castle; Inhabitants, Occupations, Schools; The British Consulate-General; The Roman Arch & Ancient Remains; To the Caves; Wells & Gardens; Harems & Courtyards; Arab Weddings; Wedding Preliminaries; Another Mohammedan Wedding; A Jewish-Arab Wedding; The Eclipse of 1900; Pianura Market; Bread Market & Caravans; Music & Musicians; Turkish Exiles & Others; Mosques; Funerals; An Arab Luncheon; Eclipse Preparations; The Eclipse of 1905; The Desert; B' Salaama.

Keywords: Libya, Tripoli, American Travellers, Mabel Loomis Todd, Travel Accounts, North Africa, Solar Eclipse, ,