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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. British explorer crosses the 600-mile stretch of desert called the Rub' al Khali, or 'empty quarter' in 1931; finds it not empty. With a foreword lament the passing of the 'old Arabists' by Lawrence; anthropometric appendix on the "Racial characters of the Southern Arabs" by Keith, zoological appendix by W. T. Calman. First American edition (first printing, with 'A' on copyright page), hardcover in jacket as pictured. Light wear to book, corners lightly bumped, lower edge faded; jacket loose & tattered, with tears, creases, chips, holes, scuffs, some internal tape mends - not archival, but non-yellowing. Text clean; xxix, [3], 397 pages; maps (one large folding, in color), b/w plates, figures, all present as called for. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Large Octavo.
Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia. by Thomas, Bertram. Foreword by T. E. Lawrence. Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith - 1932
by Thomas, Bertram. Foreword by T. E. Lawrence. Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith
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Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia.
by Thomas, Bertram. Foreword by T. E. Lawrence. Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. First edition of Thomas' first edition, second impression of Thomas' famed work on the Arabian Peninsula. Octavo, original cloth, very fully illustrated with maps, charts, diagrams and illustrations. Foreword by T. E. Lawrence. Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Ownership name. English diplomat and explorer Bertram Thomas undertook a number of expeditions into the Arabian desert and became the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali from 1930 and 1931, a journey he recounted in Arabia Felix with detailed descriptions of the animals, inhabitants, and culture. "A great work of travel, a book that is at once a record that will fascinate every imaginative literary explorer, and a reference book for the footslogger who may follow in Mr. Thomas' tracks" (Norman Collins).
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- Date Published 1932
- Keywords Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia First Edition, Bertram Thomas First Edition, T. E. Lawrence First Edition
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by Thomas, Bertram; foreword by T. E. Lawrence, appendix by Sir Arthur Keith
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