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DOUGHTY, CHARLES M. 1843-1926. Travels in Arabia Deserta. Cambridge: University Press, 1888. 2 volumes. 8vo. Half-titles, uncut, plates (some folding), and illustrations in the text, colored lithographed folding map dissected and laid on linen in pocket at end of volume one as issued, publisher's dark green pictorial cloth gilt, spines slightly dulled, light chipping to upper spine end of volume one, small chip to center of volume 2. Provenance: Property of a Boston Lady. FIRST EDITION. Limited to only 500 sets, 'Travels in Arabia deserta ... is an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia ... so reliable was the book's anthropology of the Bedouin peoples and its topography, that British intelligence mined it for information during the First and Second World wars ... in its authenticity, originality, and power, Doughty's English-Arabic style rivals the work of other Victorian prose masters such as Carlyle, Ruskin, and Pater. Poet Robert Bridges quickly recognized Arabia deserta's uniqueness, and it was one of William Morris's favourite books toward the end of his life' (ODNB). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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DOUGHTY, CHARLES M. 1843-1926. Travels in Arabia Deserta. Cambridge: University Press, 1888. 2 volumes. 8vo. Half-titles, uncut, plates (some folding), and illustrations in the text, colored lithographed folding map dissected and laid on linen in pocket at end of volume one as issued, publisher's dark green pictorial cloth gilt, spines slightly dulled, light chipping to upper spine end of volume one, small chip to center of volume 2. Provenance: Property of a Boston Lady. FIRST EDITION. Limited to only 500 sets, 'Travels in Arabia deserta ... is an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia ... so reliable was the book's anthropology of the Bedouin peoples and its topography, that British intelligence mined it for information during the First and Second World wars ... in its authenticity, originality, and power, Doughty's English-Arabic style rivals the work of other Victorian prose masters such as Carlyle, Ruskin, and Pater. Poet Robert Bridges quickly recognized Arabia deserta's uniqueness, and it was one of William Morris's favourite books toward the end of his life' (ODNB). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Stichworte: William Morris, Famous Author, Book