Lot 13
  • 13

Arabian peninsula

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 136 volumes relating to Yemen, Aden, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states, including:
  • Paper
Wellsted, J.R. Travels to the city of the caliphs. London, 1840, 2 volumes, 8vo, illustrations, contemporary morocco, binding worn, one cover detached, one cover absent
Hadji-Abd’el-Hamid-Bey. Les mystères du desert. Paris, 1859, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed
Guarmini, Carlo. Northern Najd. A journey from Jerusalem to Anaiza in Qasim. London, 1938, 4to, illustrations, original pigskin-backed buckram
Bell, Gertrude. The Arab war. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1940, 4to, one of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth
Philby, H.St.J.B. A Pilgrim in Arabia. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, 4to, one of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth
Doughty, Charles. Travels in Arabia Deserta. London, 1943, 2 volumes, 4to, original buckram
and 127 others (136)

Condition

Variable condition
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