Lot 460

Philby, St John
The Empty Quarter






Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
 £550
Description
being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1933. 8vo, compliments slip pasted to front free-endpaper inscribed and signed by the author: To T.D. Cree, in grateful appreciation of years of friendship and cooperation for the advancement of Arabic, H St J Philby, May 31, 1933 [Arabic text]", frontispiece, 32 photographic plates, folding plan, 2 folding maps, original green cloth gilt, one map detached





