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THE HEJAZ RAILWAY
Written by James Nicholson.
Stock no. 1825207
Published by Stacey International. Circa 2012. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Large format. Brown boards, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos throughout. For the better part of a century, the Hejaz Railway has been known for Lawrence of Arabia's celebrated desert campaign, fighting alongside the Bedouin in the Arab Revolt during the First World War. ISBN: 9781900988810. 4th reprint of the 2012 second edition. Nasty knock to lower edge of boards, spine & corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictoria dustwrapper is scuffed and slightly edge-creased.

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SNAKES OF ARABIA: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND ITS SHORES
Written by Damien Egan. Illustrated by Damien Egan.
Stock no. 1825194
Published by Motivate Publishing. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Arabian Heritage Guides. An indispensable snake field guide. Card wraps. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781860632396. Card covers rubbed at corners and top & tail of spine. Covers scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Has been read but is clean.

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LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: WAR, DECEIT, IMPERIAL FOLLY AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Written by Scott Anderson.
Stock no. 1822995
Published by Atlantic Books. Circa 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of one of the most epic and consequential periods of the twentieth century. Black boards, red title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w plates. ISBN: 9781782391999. Fourth printing. Light rubbing to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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SNAKES OF ARABIA: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND ITS SHORES
Written by Damien Egan. Illustrated by Damien Egan.
Stock no. 2135329
Published by Motivate Publishing. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Arabian Heritage Guides. An indispensable snake field guide. Card wraps. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781860632396. Some light creasing to cover corners/edges.

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THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA & ARABIA AND EGYPT AND NUBIA (2 VOLUMES)
Written by David Roberts.
Stock no. 1821642
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

First printed by the Folio Society in 2010 and reprinted in a smaller format for this 2014 edition. Very large format. Red decorated cloth, gilt titles. Stunning colour illustrations. Top edges gilt. Slight crease to top of spine on Egypt and Nubia volumes, else boards and contents fine. Contained in individual slipcases which are a little scuffed and slightly grubby.

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THE YOUNG PILGRIM OR ALFRED CAMPBELL'S RETURN TO THE EAST
Written by Mrs. Hofland.
Stock no. 1318927
Published by A.K. Newman and Co.. 1841. Good condition.

"And his travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabria Petrea, etc". New edition, with additions. Red embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine and vignette to front covers. Yellow endpapers. 239 pages, all edges gilt. 6 b/w engraved plates (each with two illustrations). Spine and corners bumped, a few small dents to cover edges. Covers grubby. Endpapers grubby. Heavy foxing and fingering to contents.

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MARRIED TO A BEDOUIN
Written by Marguerite Van Geldermalsen.
Stock no. 2129561
Published by Virago Press. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. A fascinating account of life as a Bedouin in the late twentieth century, written by a Western woman. ISBN: 9781844082209. SIGNED by author to prelims. 19th printing of this edition.

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ARABIA SAND SEA SKY
Written by Michael McKinnon.
Stock no. 2128285
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark orange boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0563361069. Wrapper spine faded; couple of tiny chips.

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