Travels in Arabia Deserta, Complete in Two Volumes
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943.
New and Definitive Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes, this very presentable 1943 printing of the New and Definitive Edition of Charles Montagu Doughty's classic travelogue comes illustrated in a frontispiece portrait, 2 large fold-out color maps, and 8 plates, two of which fold-out as well, with an introduction by the book's champion, T. E. Lawrence, who writes of Travels in Arabia Deserta: "I have studied it for ten years, and have grown to consider it a book not like other books, but something particular, a bible of its kind..."
10 1/4" X 8". 674pp; 696pp. Bound in brown cloth over boards, with spines lettered in gilt. Very gentle bumping to extremities, with heavier sunning to Volume I. Gift inscription dated 1944 to half-title of Volume I, with penciled bookseller annotations to front pastedown. Bindings are firm and sound. Light scattered foxing to versos of fold-out maps. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable complete, illustrated 1943 set of Charles Montagu Doughty's (1843–1926) classic travelogue of his time spent in the Middle East and among the Bedouins in the late 19th century. Very good +. Item #17354
Price: $170.00