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Travels in Arabia Deserta, with a New Preface by The Author, and All Original Maps, Plans and Cuts | Introduction by T E Lawrence
by Charles M Doughty, T E Lawrence (introduction )
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
this edition (first with Lawrence introduction) published January 1921; this set is a reprint dated September 1921, described on dust jacket as 'second edition of the re-issue; 2 vols, hardbacks in green cloth board covers with gilt lettering and motifs and with gilding to upper text blocks , 623 + 690 pages | portrait frontis. in vol 1; maps, plans, collotype plates etc, all as per original 1888 edition; large cloth-backed folding map in pocket at rear of vol 1 | both volumes are sound and square; covers show moderate shelf wear with heavier wear at edges and some fading ; spines frayed at head and tail, but not such as to affect spine function | vol 1 front endpaper split at hinges, others are intact; both volumes free of names, inscriptions etc, | dust jacket fragment survives | along with a reproduction of the author's portrait, 15 x 20 cms approx, with inscription on back, dated 1922 | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days
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- Title
- Travels in Arabia Deserta, with a New Preface by The Author, and All Original Maps, Plans and Cuts | Introduction by T E Lawrence
- Author
- Charles M Doughty, T E Lawrence (introduction )
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philip Lee Warner, Medici Society & Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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