DOUGHTY (CHARLES M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 500 COPIES], ...

DOUGHTY (CHARLES M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 500 COPIES], partially unopened, half-titles, plates (some folding), and illustrations in the text, folding lithographed map dissected and laid on linen in pocket at end of volume 2, publisher's 32-page catalogue (December 1887) at end of volume 1, paper slightly brittle with a few small nicks and chips to some fore-margins, pp.177/8 in volume 1 loose, one plate repaired with archival tissue with small loss of image, modern green morocco, red gilt morocco spine labels, 8vo, Cambridge, University Press, 1888 Footnotes: Limited to only 500 copies, '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). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing