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Lot 473

[VOYAGES AND TRAVELS]. PHILBY, H[arry] St. John (1885-1960). Arabian Highlands. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [1952].

Estimate: $350 - $500
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$175

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[VOYAGES AND TRAVELS]. PHILBY, H[arry] St. John (1885-1960). Arabian Highlands. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [1952]. Thick 8vo. Illustrated. 771 pp. With folding map in rear pocket. Publisher's full green cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt, publisher's unclipped ("$8.50") dust jacket.

Condition

Mild rubbing to cloth, gilt very lightly toned, minor occasional soiling to edge of text-block; jacket spine lightly toned, some light rubbing, thumbsoiling to jacket. Fine. THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. Bound without errata slip. This title was not published in the U. K. 

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