拍品 1020
  • 1020

Philby, Harry St. John Bridger

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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描述

  • Philby, Harry St. John Bridger
  • The Heart of Arabia. A Record of Travel and 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, binding very slightly rubbed

來源

Lieut. Col. F.G. Peake, book label and bookplate

Condition

The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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拍品資料及來源

A FINE PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author "Amir Liwa [Major-General] F.G. Peake Pasha with the best wishes of the author HStJB Philby January 1923". Peake campaigned with T.E. Lawrence for Arab independence from the Turks and was founder and first commander of the Arab Legion in 1923.