Philby (H. St J.B.) A Pilgrim in Arabia
£195
London, Robert Hale, 1946.
First trade edition. 8vo. Original red cloth with gilt image stamped to upper cover. Dust-jacket, priced 16s.
A collection of essays written in the 1930s concerning the author’s sojourn in Arabia. First published in 1943 by the Golden Cockerel Press.
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Cloth very good; jacket a little rubbed but overall very good.
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