Interested in some original 19th-century books and articles (not modern digital reprints) published by the Bents? The following are currently available from the Bent Archive.
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Original articles (not modern copies)
J. Theodore Bent, ‘The City of the Creed’. The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 53 (47) (Feb, 1890), 220-300. Bound original article, no illustrations, no map. (Link is to an alternative edition.)
J. Theodore Bent, ‘Explorations in Cilicia Tracheia’. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, Vol. 12 (8) (Aug,1890), 445-463. Original article in paper sleeve, illustrations, and fold-out map. Map has a slight tear to the margin. (Link is to an alternative edition.)
J. Theodore Bent, ‘The Ruins of Mashonaland, and Explorations in the Country’. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, Vol. 14 (5) (May, 1892), 273-298. Bound original article, illustrations, and 2 fold-out maps. (Link is to an alternative edition.)
J. Theodore Bent, ‘The Ancient Trade Route across Ethiopia’. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 2 (2) (Aug, 1893), 140-146. Bound original article, with map on page 141.
J. Theodore Bent, ‘The Hadramut: A Journey in Southern Arabia’. The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 36 (211) (Sept, 1894), 419-437. Bound original article, no illustrations, no map. (Link is to an alternative edition.)
J. Theodore Bent, ‘Expedition to the Hadramut’. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 4 (4) (Oct, 1894), 315-331. Bound original article, with illustration and loose, fold-out map.
J. Theodore Bent, ‘The Island of Socotra’. The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 41 (244) (June, 1897), 975-992. Bound original article, no illustrations, no map (published posthumously). (Link is to an alternative edition.)
Mrs J. Theodore Bent, ‘Exploration in the Yafei and Fadhli Countries’. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 12 (1) (July, 1898), 41-63. Bound original article, with illustrations and loose, fold-out map. The map has a slight tear.
Books (nb the links may take you to other versions of these titles and are for information only)
Genoa. How the Republic Rose and Fell, Theodore Bent, first edition 1881, Kegan Paul, London (condition fair).
The Life of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Theodore Bent, 2nd edition, 1882, Longman’s Green & Co., London (condition fair).
Aegean Islands. The Cyclades or Life Among the Insular Greeks, Theodore Bent, introduction by A.N. Oikonimides, his well-regarded 1996 version of Bent’s classic 1885 account. Published by Argonaut, Chicago. This was the first modern reprint.
The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland, Theodore Bent, 1902 reprint for Boots Library, Longman’s Green & Co., London (condition fair). First edition 1892.
The sacred city of the Ethiopians : being a record of travel and research in Abyssinia in 1893. London, Longmans, Green and Co. (second edn 1896; condition fair).
Southern Arabia, Theodore and Mabel Bent, 1994 reprint published by Garnet Publishing, edited by Robin Bidwell. Reprint of the Bents’ original 1900 publication by Smith, Elder & Co.
Jerusalem. The Garden Tomb Golgatha and The Garden of the Resurrection, revised by Mabel Bent and Caroline Hussey, no date (1920s) (First published in 1892 by Arthur William Crawley-Boevey and the Committee of the Garden Tomb Maintenance fund).