Lot 636
  • 636

Hodgson, Christopher Pemberton

Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

  • El Ydaiour. London: W.N. Wright, 1849
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 12mo (175 x 110mm.), [ii], ii, 252pp., original blindstamped brown cloth gilt, yellow endpapers, slipcase, spine slightly faded

Travels in Malta, Egypt, Aden, Abyssinia, and Jeddah. A rare work, not recorded at auction on Americana Exchange 

American Book Prices Current, nor found in the standard bibliographies such as Gay, Hilmy or Macro (Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula).


Condition

A good copy
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