1. [MAHGREB.] SOLVET, Charles. Description de pays du Maghreb. Texte Arabe d’Abou’lfeda, accompagné d’une traduction française et de notes. Alger, Imprimée par autorisation de M. le Ministre de la Guerre à l’Imprimerie du Gouvernement, 1839. 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm), pp. iv, 187, [1] blank, [2] errata; contemporary red half calf, gilt lettering mottled paper boards. First edition. Rare (one copy only in OCLC). £1500

2. CAMERON, Verney Lovett. Across Africa. London, Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877. 2 vols., 8vo (21 x 13 cm), plates and folding maps; contemporary half calf, marbled sides, a handsome copy. First edition. £650

3. WILSON, Horace Hayman. An introduction to the grammar of the Sanskrit language, for the use of early students. London, J. Madden & Co., 1841. 8vo (21 x 12 cm), pp. vi, 447, [1]; contemporary diced calf, gilt spine. First edition. £250

4. KIERNAN, R. H. Lawrence of Arabia. London, Bombay & Sydney, George G. Harrap, 1935. 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm), pp. 198, with 8 plates, 3 maps in the text; contemporary roan prize binding. First edition of a classic Lawrence biography. £100


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