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THOMAS, BERTRAM - Arabia Felix.
Starting Bid: $200
Reserve not met
Estimate:
$250 - $300
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THOMAS, BERTRAM
Arabia Felix.
London: Jonathon Cape 1932, 1st edition, 2nd impression. xxix, 397p, B/W plates, 3 maps [one a large fldg map of the 'Empty Quarter' at end], charts, diagrams and illustrations. 240mm, original tan buckram with gilt titles, faint library mark to spine, no other library marks. Previous owners book plate, foreword by T.E. Lawrence. First edition, second impression of Thomas' famed work on the Arabian Peninsula.
English diplomat and explorer Bertram Thomas undertook a number of expeditions into the Arabian desert and became the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali from 1930 and 1931, a journey he recounted in Arabia Felix. Scarce.
Arabia Felix.
London: Jonathon Cape 1932, 1st edition, 2nd impression. xxix, 397p, B/W plates, 3 maps [one a large fldg map of the 'Empty Quarter' at end], charts, diagrams and illustrations. 240mm, original tan buckram with gilt titles, faint library mark to spine, no other library marks. Previous owners book plate, foreword by T.E. Lawrence. First edition, second impression of Thomas' famed work on the Arabian Peninsula.
English diplomat and explorer Bertram Thomas undertook a number of expeditions into the Arabian desert and became the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali from 1930 and 1931, a journey he recounted in Arabia Felix. Scarce.
