Lot 1019
  • 1019

Philby, Harry St. John Bridger

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Philby, Harry St. John Bridger
  • The Heart of Arabia. A Record of Travel & Exploration. London: Constable and Company, 1922
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140mm.), (vol.1) xxiv, 386pp.; (vol.2) viii, 354pp., 3 maps [2 folding], 48 photographic plates, original olive green cloth, slipcase

Provenance

Wilfred Thesiger, explorer, book labels

Condition

A good copy
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Catalogue Note

A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILFRED THESIGER, who crossed the Empty Quarter in 1946-47, a feat achieved by Philby in 1932 (see lot 1018).