Lot 309: Eighteen Books on the Desert Countries Including Sahara, Egypt

Eighteen Books on the Desert Countries Including Sahara, Egypt, A) Frank J. Consentino, The Boehm Journey to Egypt Land of Tutankhamun (Trenton: Edward Marshall Boehm, 1978). B) Gerald De Gaury, Arabia Phoenix (George G. Harrap, 1946). C) P.T. Etherton, Across the Great Deserts (London: Lutterworth Press, 1948). D) Thorkild Hansen, Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767 (New York: Harper & Row, 1964). E) Jacob Lassner, The Topography of Baghdad in the Early Middle Ages (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1970). F) Gerard Morgan-Grenville, Cruising the Sahara (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, no date). G) Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Fearful Void (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974). H) H.V. Morton, Middle East: A Record of Travel in the Countries of Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Turkey and Greece (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1941). First edition with jacket. I) L.M. Nesbitt, Hell-Hole of Creation: The Exploration of Abyssinian Danakil (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935). With dust jacket. J) H. St John Philby, The Queen of Sheba (London: Quartet Books, 1981). K) Jonathan Raban, Arabia: A Journey through the Labyrinth (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979). L) G. Forster Sadleir, Diary of a Journey across Arabia (London: Falcon-Oleander, 1977). M) John Skolle, Azalai (New York: Harper, 1955). N) Anthony Thwaite, The Deserts of Hesperides; An Experience of Libya (New York: Roy Publishers, 1969). O) James Wellard, Samarkand and Beyond: A History of Desert Caravans (London: Constable, 1977). P) Norman Duncan, Going Down from Jerusalem (New York: Harper, 1909). Q) Hafsa, Desert Winds (New York: The Century Co., 1927). R) W.B. Seabrook, Adventures in Arabia (London: George G. Harrap, 1928).

Price Realized: $90

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