Travels in Arabia Deserta.
Rare and modern books
Doughty, Charles M[Ontagu].
London & Boston, Philip Lee Warner / Jonathan Cape, 1921.,
Travels in Arabia Deserta.
Rare and modern books
Doughty, Charles M[Ontagu].
London & Boston, Philip Lee Warner / Jonathan Cape, 1921.,
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Details
- Author
- Doughty, Charles M[Ontagu].
- Publishers
- London & Boston, Philip Lee Warner / Jonathan Cape, 1921.
- Keyword
- Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses
Description
8vo. 2 vols. XXVI, 622 pp. XIV, 690 pp. With 2 portraits, 8 plates (5 folding), and coloured lithogr. map, loosely stored in cover compartment. Original cloth. First reprint of the 1888 first edition. - Doughty's journey, undertaken between 1875 and 1878, "did much to advance knowledge of north-western and central Arabia" (cf. Henze). - Insignificant browning; some pages uncut. - Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 859. Howgego III, D29. Cf. Henze II, 88 (1888 first ed.). Weber I, 1092 (ed. 1924). NYPL Arabia coll. 166 (1st ed.). Fück 198 (1888 & 1923).
