Abdul Baha in Egypt (In the Scarce Dustjacket)

New York: J.H. Sears & Company, 1929. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Near Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR MIRZA AHMAD SOHRAB (in both English and Egyptian) on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1929 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG+ dustjacket, with light spotting along the spine and very mild soiling at the panels. 12mo, published for the "New History Foundation" by J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. of New York. (From the dustjacket front flap: "Abdul Baha, the outstanding figure of the East, with his ideals for World Peace compelled the attention of Europe and America. After sixty years of exile, in 1908 he travelled throughout Egypt, Switzerland, England, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, the United States and Canada, and captured the mind and the heart of the West. Thousands heard him, millions read his words and countless numbers followed him. The author for eight years was the companion of Abdul Baha. In this volume and in others which will follow he has preserved the captivating beauty and ideals of this Wise Man.").