Lot 1018
  • 1018

Philby, Harry St. John Bridger

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Philby, Harry St. John Bridger
  • The Empty Quarter, being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub'al Khali. London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1933
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (216 x 134mm.), xxiv, 434pp., 3 folding coloured maps, 47 photo illustrations on 33 plates, original olive green cloth, photo illustrated dust-jacket (very slightly worn)

Condition

A good copy
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