Lot 25
Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], Cambridge, 1888.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], 8 plates, some folding, numerous illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, lacking half-titles, 20th century half morocco, very light fading to spine, corners a little bumped, t.e.g., 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.
⁂ Classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.
Description
Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], 8 plates, some folding, numerous illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, lacking half-titles, 20th century half morocco, very light fading to spine, corners a little bumped, t.e.g., 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.
⁂ Classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.