(c. 1979). Hardcover. Vol. 1 only. photos (some color), illustrations, maps, 372p. plus (19)p. Arabic text. Cloth. dj. 28cm. One volume published yearly. Vol. 1 covers some insects and other arthropods. More
London: Kegan Paul, 1878. 1st ed. Hardcover. folding map, xvi, 395, [5]p. plus [32]p. publisher's advertisements dated 1,78. Original red cloth with beveled edges which has been rebacked with most of original backstrip mounted. Cloth worn through at corners. Minor foxing. Bookplate (Buddle Atkinson). More
London: Kegan Paul, 1879. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. 16 plates (6 of which are colored lithographic plates, including the frontises), folding map, xxviii, 338, vii, 319p. Original plum-colored cloth. 22cm. Internal library marking (Garrett Biblical Institute). Recent owner's bookplate in each volume. Penzer did not note this variant binding..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1901. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), ills, xiii, 313p. Original cloth. 21cm. Hinges reinforced with binder's tape. Bookplate. Backstrip faded and scuffed. Minor cover soil. No Jacket. Edited by W. H. Wilkins. More
New York: Putnam, 1856. 1st American edition. Hardcover. frontis, vignette second title, folding map, xv, [17]-492p. Rebound sometime in the 19th century in 1/2 leather (marbled-paper backed in leather with matching leather corners). 19 cm. Endpapers and page edges also marbled. Ends of backstrip lightly chipped (with some glue repair)..... More
![Item #84476 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. [Tauchnitz Edition]. Richard...](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/84476.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1625517723)
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1874. Hardcover. 3 vols. frontis (sketch-map), index, xx, 274, vi, 294, [vi], 270p. Rebound (not recently) in plain blue cloth. 15cm. Corners lightly bumped and there is a touch of fraying here and there along extremities. Half-titles present. Circular stamp on half-title in Vol. I: "The Colonial..... More
London: Allen & Unwin, (1951). 2nd ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, illustrations, index, 664p. 5 (of 8) folding maps and 6 genealogical charts in pocket strap inside back cover. Original cloth. dj. (some chipping). 23cm. Jacket has a chip at base of backstrip and some other relatively minor wear. Every copy..... More
Baltimore: American Oriental Soiety, 1952. Paperback. photos, vi, 41p. plus (32) unnumbered pages of photos and illustrations. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. This is the only article in the "Supplement to the Journal of the American Oriental Society, No. 15, (October-December 1952). More
London: Darf, 1984. Hardcover. 2 vols. lxxxiii, 357, 509p. Hardcover. djs. 22cm. Cover bumped. This two-volume reprint of the 1844 edition appears to have been issued without the pocket maps found in the original. More
London: Garnet Publishing, (1993). Hardcover. folding map, v, xi, 414p. dj. 24cm. Reprint of the rare 1857 edition with a New Introduction (2 1/2p.) by Robin Bidwell. More
Tunis: 1948. 76p. Original wrapper. 25cm. Text moderately browned. Recent label mounted on front identifying this as coming from the library of H. A. R. Gibb. French text. Publications de l'Institut des Belles Lettres Arabes, 14. Supplement a la Revue IBLA, tome XI (1948). More
Louvain: Publications Universitaires & Institut Orientaliste, 1952. 1st ed. Paperback. 2 maps 26 plates (plus one unnumbered page of photos), xix, 252p. Original wrapper. 27cm. Some chipping on backstrip. INSCRIBED on front cover by Wendell Phillips, President of the Foundation which sponsored Jamme's work at Timna. More
Paris: Charavay, Mantoux, Martin Librairie d'Education de la Jeunesse, n.d. [ca. 1898]. Hardcover. illustrations, 314p. Original red cloth. Front cover rather ornately decorated. 31cm. Text moderately browned. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana (although this is not African) with his bookplate on the endpaper. French text. Fiction. More
![Item #84270 Arabia Deserta: A Topographical Itinerary. [1st ed. dated 1927]. Alois Musil](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/84270.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1440536000)
New York: American Geographical Society, 1927. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (map), folding map (in cover pocket), photos, index, xvii, 631p. Original gray cloth. 26cm. Cover slightly warped. Back cover discolored (from damping) along bottom edge. Extemities frayed. No Jacket (as published?). American Geographical Society. Oriental Explorations and Studies, No. 2..... More
New York: AMS Press, 1978. Paperback. Folding map on 4 sheets in cloth slipcase. 22cm. No Jacket. American Geographical Society. Oriental Explorations and Studies series. Reprint of the 1928 edition. This portfolio of maps was issued to accompany Musil's four works on northern Arabia (Arabia Deserta, Middle Euphrates, Palmyrena, and..... More
New York: American Geographical Society, 1927. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (map), photos, index, xvii, 631p. Original gray cloth. 26cm. Moderate cover soil. No Jacket. American Geographical Society. Oriental Explorations and Studies, No. 2. This copy issued without the pocket map (or the cover pocket in which it should be found)..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (c. 1994). 1st ed. Hardcover. maps, photos, index, xiii, 473p. Original black cloth. dj. 24cm. More
London: John Murray, 1879. Hardcover. 9 folding maps, 1 mounted photographic plate,clxxxii, 319p. Later 1/2 leather. 21cm. Cover chipped and heavily rubbed. Joints cracked. Hinges reinforced with white binder's tape. Contents generally sound with some minor foxing. Includes 20 articles by Richard F. Burton ("On Lake Tanganyike, Ptolemy's Western Lake-Reservoir..... More
Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut in het Nabije Oosten, 1961. Paperback. 3 plates (including frontis), folding map, 22, [2]p. Original wrapper. 27cm. Small label removed from the unevenly browned cover. French text. Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, X. More
[Riyadh?]: n.d. [1980]. Paperback. maps and charts, xxxiii, 503p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. More
New York: 1962. Paperback. Saudi Arabia. Mission to the United Nations. Statements Made during the 16th Session of the General Assembly by His Excellency Mr. Ahmad Shukairy.... NY: 1962. 185p. Wrapper. 23cm. Light but extensive cover foxing. More
London: C. Hurst & Company, 1978. 1st ed. Hardcover. ix, 211p. Original green boards. 24cm. No jacket. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, folding map, index, xxix, 397p. Hardcover. 24 cm. No jacket. An attractive copy of his account of crossing the Empty Quarter in 1930. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1956. 1st ed. Hardcover. map, genealogical charts, table, index, xiv, 418p. Dark blue cloth. 23cm. A couple of minor spots on page edges. Bookplate and and another former owner's name on endpaper. No Jacket. More
