Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
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July 28, 03:29 PM GMT
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PERSIAN GULF
A collection of ten books on the Middle East, comprising:
Bent, J. Theodore. The Bahrain Islands, in the Persian Gulf. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly record of Geography, (November 25th, 1889), pp. 1-19. 8vo, map, modern burgundy morocco-backed boards
Berque, Jacques. The Arabs. London: Faber and Faber, 1964. 8vo, plates, red cloth, pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped
Dickson, Violet. Forty Years in Kuwait. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1971. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, plates, orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket
Gobineau, A. de. Trois ans en Asie. Paris: Hachette, 1859. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, old half vellum, marbled boards, spotting
Longrigg, Stephen. The Liquid Gold of Arabia. (November 24, 1948), pp. 20-33. 8vo, folding map at end, modern burgundy morocco-backed boards
Miles, Colonel S.B. Across the Green Mountains of Oman. The Geographical Journal, No. 5, November 1901, Vol. XVIII, pp. 465-498. 8vo, modern burgundy morocco-backed boards
Phillips, Wendell. Oman. Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1971. 8vo, plates, brown boards, pictorial dust jacket
Thesiger, Wilfred. Arabian Sands. (London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1959). FIRST EDITION, 8vo, plates, folding map in pocket at end, tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket
Thesiger, Wilfred. The Marsh Arabs. (London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1964). FIRST EDITION, 8vo, plates, green cloth, pictorial dust jacket
Wilson, Sir Arnold T. The Persian Gulf. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928. 8vo, folding map in rear pocket, blue cloth
(10), sold not subject to return