A Call of Contemporary Society for Research in Asia Minor and Syria made through J.R. Sitlington Sterrett [cover title] // A Plea for Research in Asia Minor and Syria Authorized By Men Whose High Achievements And Representative Character Make The Project A Call of Humanity at Large for Light in regard to The Life of Man In The Cradle of Western Civilization by J.R. Sitlington Sterrett [title page version]

Ithaca NY: Cornell University, 1911. 205p., softbound in 9x6 inch plain printed grey wraps paste-fastened over a tightly stapled textblock, a utilitarian job not meant to last. No illustrations or imagery. Front cover has torn away from the titlepage (there are no blanks, no halftitle, no frontispiece, no preliminaries of any kind. Damage attendant includes a huge chip from the spine panel, a ragged lefthand edge to cover-leaf and ugly rips to lefthand of titlepage. The remainder of the item is in good order: clean, unmarked, and else sound. This is a reading copy with nothing lacking. (Inventory #: 262509)