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A Pilgrimage to Nejd, The Cradle of the Arab Race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and Our Persian Camaign.

A Pilgrimage to Nejd, The Cradle of the Arab Race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and Our Persian Camaign.

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A Pilgrimage to Nejd, The Cradle of the Arab Race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and Our Persian Camaign.

by BLUNT Lady Anne 1837-1917

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London: Albemarle Street: John Murray, 1881. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st edition, 1 map, 31 illustrations. 2 volumes in the publishers gilt and ink pictorial green cloth. Spines, gilt & ink titles & tooling, edges bumped. Internally: Vol 1, half title, frontis, [9], (x-xxxi), [1], [2], [1], 2-27Arabia travel history Nejd TA-VBF-20223 pp, 17 illustrations, 1 map (coloured, with repaired tear). Vol 2, half title, frontis, [7], (viii-ix), [1], [2], [1], 2-283 pp, [1], (25) adverts (dated October, 1880), 14 illustrations. Both volumes, grey endpapers, bookseller label to fpds, small light water? stain to margin tp Vol 1, small bookseller label to epds (removed in v2), evidence of bookplate removal from eps. An excellent copy. (203*134 mm). The 'pilgrimage' describes a five-month journey undertaken by Blunt, in 1878, to the great central desert region of Arabia. That a woman should venture on such a perilous journey at all was unusual enough in the mid-nineteenth century, and the resulting narrative throws a refreshing and sensitive light on the people and places of those times. Her narrative contains all the romance of the desert and excels in the portraiture of its inhabitants. Yet also described are the awful hardships she faced in one of the world's harshest environments.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, The Cradle of the Arab Race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and Our Persian Camaign.
Author
BLUNT Lady Anne 1837-1917
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Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
John Murray
Place of Publication
London: Albemarle Street
Date Published
1881
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Weight
3.09 lbs
Keywords
Arabia travel history Nejd TA-VBF-2022
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