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8vo. XII, 345, (1) pp. With frontispiece, folding map and 37 plates. Original giltstamped blue cloth. First British edition, printed in the U.S.A. This work, dedicated to Abdul Aziz bin Saud, one of the author's "best friends", catered to a Western public eager to learn about the Arab people and about Ibn Saud, whose military success against the Al-Rashidi and consolidation of control over the Nejd had brought him to international awareness. The following year, he would conquer the Hejaz. - Foxing and brownstaining to interior. Rear hinge split. Removed from the Times Book Club, London, with their inconspicuous bookplate on rear pastedown and contemporary accession stamp (2 July 1926). - Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1134 (cites a 1923 London edition in error).