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Sven Hedin - Baghdad, Babylon, Nineveh - Leipzig 1918 - Sven Hedin: Bagdad Babylon Ninive. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1918. Travel book to Iraq. First edition. Includes photographs, illustrations and a map. Sven Anders Hedin (1865-1952) was a Swedish explorer, one of the last great explorers. Later in life his good name was tarnished by his support for the Nazis. German, 410 pp., 23X16 cm. Good-fair condition: tears in the spine of the cover, light wear and water damage to the pages.