Arabia of the Wahhabis.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

In late 1917 Philby, a member of the Indian Civil Service who had been posted to Mesopotamia in 1915, led a small British diplomatic mission to confer with Ibn Saud, the Wahhabi ruler of Najd in central Asia. This volume, covering the period June-October 1918 is effectively a supplementary volume to his earlier book, 'The Heart of Arabia'. New impression with additional material; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); 29 plates including frontis., 1 large folding map to rear, 1 plan, 12 in-text diagrams; publisher's original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, original pictorial dust-jacket, a little toned with one small nick to spine a little creasing, a very good copy; xiv, [ii], 422 pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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