8vo. viii, [2], 216 pp., frontispiece portrait, b/w illustrations, 1 folding map, original green buckram, faded, appendix, index, copy inside in a very good condition, Oxford University Press, London, first edition, 1928.

Synopsis

A description of the rediscovery of the Arabian Peninsula by the European world. The author traces the stormy fortunes of the men concerned and their contributions to further knowledge of Arabia.