Books Nablus, Lady Hester Stanhope, Eothen, Sinai & Palestine (4). Mills, John. Three Months Residence at Nablus, and an account of the Modern Samaritans. London, John Murray, 1864.xii,335pp., a few text illustrations and music examples, bound without half-title and advertisements at end (evident from some pale offsetting), marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf with contrasting title label, spine rubbed and marked and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base but no other markings external or internal. Claimed in the Preface to be the first full account of the Samaritans. the book seems very scarce. Not in Blackmer; [Meryon, Charles Lewis] Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in conversations with her physician; comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some of the most remarkable persons of her time. second Edition. London, Henry Colburn, 1846. Three volumes complete. Hand-coloured frontis. to vol.1, and frontis. to vols. 2 and 3, spotted, folding plan in vol.1, (20),344,vi,342,viii,319,(3 adverts)pp., blank endpapers spotted otherwise clean, contemporary 1/2 morocco and cloth boards, spine gilt with raised bands. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine bases and front boards, neat ownership stamp on titlepage of vol.1, on blank versos of plates, and a couple in text of each volume. Scarce. Blackmer 1117. Not in Abbey; [Kinglake, Alexander William] Eothen. London, John Ollivier, 1845. Fourth edition.2 tinted litho plates, a little spotted as usual, (12),423pp., marbled endpapers, 8vo., contemporary straight-grain calf, spine gilt in panels with green title label, front board professionally re-attached without loss. a very good copy. a journey from Belgrade through the ottoman Levant to Egypt in 1835. It includes chapters on his visit to Lady Hester Stanhope in Lebanon, Jerusalem, the plague in Cairo. First published in 1844, the author's relaxed and intimate style (alas with some very incorrect attitudes occasionally) made the book an instant success. the plates for this fourth edition are different to those in the first three editions; Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn. Sinai and Palestine. in Connection with their History. New edition. London, John Murray, 1887. 7 maps in colour, 3 folding, 5 other maps and plans, lviii, 560pp., 24pp.publisher's adverts., 8vo., publisher's cloth. a very good copy. First published 1856.