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Lot 201

The Late Dr. Charles Beke?s Discoveries in Arabia of Midian, edited by His Widow.

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Beke, Charles Tilstone. The Late Dr. Charles Beke?s Discoveries in Arabia of Midian, edited by His Widow. London: Trubner & Co., 1878. First edition. Original gilt cloth, a.e.g, beveled edges (spine ends damaged, scuffs and soiling). Brown endpapers, presentation copy, inscribed by the editor in the year of publication on the ffep. Photographic frontis. under tissue, errata slip, folding map at rear, wood-engravings by Welch. Large 8vo. xviii, 606pp. Bookplate and library card pocket to endpapers, occasional pencil marginalia, tender binding, gutter stains from tape repairs.