Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Mecca

BURTON Richard F [Sir] 1821-1890

First edition, 1855, complete, 18 plates, including maps, plans, coloured & tinted lithographs. Three octavo volumes, in modern half red morocco over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to…

£4000 | Published: 1855 | Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Mecca

BURTON Sir Richard F. [Francis] 1821-1890. (BURTON [Lady] Isabel 1831-1896 - editor)

The Memorial Edition 1893, VG complete Two volumes in the publishers gilt pictorial black cloth, corners rubbed. Spines, gilt titles, edges rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, [11], (xii-xxviii), [2], [2], [1], 2-436 pp, 18 illustrations (including…

£500 | Published: 1893 | Publisher: Tylston and Edwards

Shaw-EDE T.E. Lawrence's Letters to H.S. Ede 1927-1935

EDE H.S. [Harold Stanley] 1895-1990

A Fine Copy of an important Private Press item First limited edition, in the publishers quarter blue morocco over linen-covered boards, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, spine with raised bands, gilt titles & tooling (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe).…

£450 | Published: 1942 | Publisher: The Golden Cockerel Press

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph

LAWRENCE T. E. (Thomas Edward) 1888-1935

The Third English Edition, first impression of July, 1935 VG, In full brown buckram, gilt tooling to upper cover, corners rubbed. Spine, faded slightly, gilt titles. Internal, half title, frontis, [6], 7-672 pp, 54 illustrations & 4 folding…

£600 | Published: 1935 | Publisher: Jonathan Cape

The Diary of T.E. Lawrence MCMXI

LAWRENCE T.E. [Thomas Edward] 1888-1935

A Fine example in the superb vellum binding. One of 40 copies on Medway paper of a total edition of 203. Quarto. Original limp vellum, lettered in gilt on front cover, 4 silk ties, original slipcase. A fine copy, the slipcase slightly marked…

£4250 | Published: Unknown | Publisher: Corvinus Press

Secret Despatches from Arabia

LAWRENCE TE (Thomas Edward) 1888-1935

An edition limited to 1000 copies, the most extensive of the Golden Cockerel volumes by Lawrence. In quarter niger over white cloth. Spine with raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, frontis, [2], 5-173 pp, [1], [1], 1 pl (portrait), t.e.g.,…

£600 | Published: 1939 | Publisher: The Golden Cockerel Press

Travels in Chaldaea, including a Journey from Bassorah to Bagdad, Hillah and Babylon, performed on foot in 1827. With observations on the sites and remains of Babel, Selencia and Ctesiphon

MIGNAN Robert Capt 1803-1852

Journey on foot through Arabia. First and only edition. In contemporary half dark blue calf over green marbled boards, some wear, joint cracked. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges worn. Internally, frontis, [5], (vi-xvi), [1],…

£350 | Published: 1829 | Publisher: Hebry Colburn and Richard Bentley

The Heart of Arabia A Record of Travel & Exploration

PHILBY H. St.J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger) 1885-1960

Beautifully bound by Asprey in full goat (?), decorative gilt edge tooling. Spines, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to black calf labels. Internally, Vol 1, half title, frontis, [6], (vii-xxiii), 386 pp, 41 illustrations. Vol 2, half title,…

£1500 | Published: 1923 | Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

Arabian Boundaries New Documents 1962

SCHOFIELD Richard (editor)

INVALUABLE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE GULF WAR! Fine, 1993, in 2 volumes, green morocco cloth, spines with gilt tooling & titles. Vol 1, half title, [4], (v-xvii), [1], [2], 3-763 pp. Vol 2, half title, [4], 5-732 pp. Numerous illustrations to…

£800 | Published: 1993 | Publisher: Archive Editions

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

SPEKE John Hanning 1827-1864

First edition, 1863, VG In modern half calf over marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [5], (vi-xxxi), [1], [1], 2-658 pp, 75 illustrations, 2 maps (1 coloured,1 folding), printed by William…

£500 | Published: 1863 | Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons