A PILGRIM IN ARABIA.
Pp. 192(last colophon), frontispiece portrait; cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. red/brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream art-canvas boards, slightly foxed, the spine a trifle mottled and with tiny surface grazes at head and foot, the upper board very slightly bowed; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and binder's stamp on upper pastedown, the upper hinge starting, dentelles slightly offset, some scattered foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1943. One of 320 numbered copies thus bound (total edition 350). Pertelote 154. *Includes a chapter on the pilgrimage to Mecca, which was the first authentic account of the ceremonies by an English observer. The frontispiece reproduces a portrait of Philby by E. A. Montgomery. Item #162814
Price: $1,500.00