Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia. With a Foreword by T.E. Lawrence and Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith..
by THOMAS, Bertram
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1932.. Second impression. 8vo. (xxix), (3), 396, (2) pp. Publisher's brown buckram, gilt lettered to spine, ownership inscription dated the year of publication to the front free endpaper. 81 black and white illustrations, mostly photographic, of which a number feature more than one subject to a page, plus 3 maps including the large folding one to the rear of the volume. Small patches of discolouration to the covers plus occasional marking and light wear, else very good. The first crossing by a European of the Empty Quarter. "I will not say how much I like this book, lest Jonathan C. dig out the odd sentence for his blurb... [Thomas] is a master of every desert art. Here once more is the compleat Arabian traveller enshrined. Not twice but twenty times his tiniest touches set me remembering that wide land which I liked so much..." (from T.E. Lawrence's Introduction). O'Brien, A155.
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- Title
- Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia. With a Foreword by T.E. Lawrence and Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith..
- Author
- THOMAS, Bertram
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1932.
- Keywords
- Travel Arabia
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