8 vo. xi, 286 pp; frontis. 38 plates of 62 b/w photo illus., 1 folding map, cloth, index, Ernest Benn Ltd, London, 1957.

Synopsis

This covers Philby’s first Midian journey in 1950. He wanted to prove his worth as an historian of Pre-Islamic Arabia and the area was known to be full of traces of ancient sites. First issue of the first edition.