1888 Doughty - ARABIA DESERTA - 1st Edit - ships FREE Start Price USD 2,950.00 Current Price USD 2,950.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, October 27, 2008 End Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Location North of Seattle See more about '1888 Doughty - ARABIA DESERTA - 1st Edit - ships FREE' Description                                       ...rare books at fair prices!   For questions please e-mail us: info@voyager-press.com Phone toll-free 1-888-656-2006 Author: DOUGHTY, Charles M. Title: Travels in Arabia Deserta. Publisher: Cambridge: The University Press, 1888.    First Edition. Two Volumes. This is the Scarce First Edition - Published in 1888! Notes: Doughty disapproved of Victorian style, and mingled his own with Chaucerian and Elizabethan English and Arabic. But whatever the style, the result is perhaps the finest book on Arabia ever written. T.E. Lawrence remarks in the introduction: "I have talked the book over with many travelers, and we are agreed that here you have all the desert, its hills and plains, the lava fields, the villages, the tents, the men and animals. They are told of to the life, with words and phrases fitted to them so perfectly that one cannot dissociate them in memory. It is the true Arabia, the land with its smells and dirt, as well as its nobility and freedom. There is no sentiment, nothing merely picturesque, that most common failing of oriental travel-books. Doughty's completeness is devastating. There is nothing we would take away, little we could add. He took all Arabia for his province, and has left to his successors only the poor part of specialists. We may write books on parts of the desert or some of the history of it; but there can never be another picture of the whole, in our time, because here it is all said." One of the great classics of Arabia Travel, ARABIA DESERTA is perhaps one of the best-known works on Arabia in the English language. Condition: Rare First Edition. Octavo. 2 volumes, xx, 623; xiv, 690 pages, including illustrations. Complete with large folding map in the end-pocket, this is the highly sought after rare first edition published in 1888. Original Publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt to spine, front of each volume with unique gilt vignette. Boards considerably worn, one plate repaired at verso though unobtrusive to image, otherwise in Very Good condition internally. A unique opportunity to acquire this exceedingly scarce account which otherwise, when found, fetches $5,000. For More   ARABIA  items click here FREE SHIPPING anywhere in the USA. The item will be professionally packed and we are pleased to combine shipping for multiple items, based on size and weight of the parcel. Please contact us and provide address for international shipping quote. Your personal check is welcome or you can use your credit card at PAYPAL by clicking on the PAY NOW button once the auction has ended. We also take Visa and Mastercard directly.   Be sure to add VOYAGER PRESS BOOKS to your  Favorites List!        VOYAGER PRESS BOOKS  1-888-656-2006 Search Our Store      in titles &descriptions   For questions please e-mail us: info@voyager-press.com Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal! Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!