The Land that is Desolate. An Account of a Tour in Palestine

London: Smith, Elder, 1912.

First Edition. 8vo. pp viii + 287; photographic frontispiece plus forty plates of photographs and a folding map (The Holy Land) at the back. Publisher's original red cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine. Top edge gilt. The spine is lightly sunned and a touch worn at the ends. A VG copy. A first hand account of Treves's journey through the historic and religious sites of the Holy Land around the late 19th or early 20th century. Treves explored various locations, including commemorative churches and the caves associated with sacred events, providing observations on the region's culture, social issues, and political landscape of the time. Well illustrated with photographs taken by the author.