1930 Around the Coasts of Arabia

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

The first edition of Around the Coasts of Arabia by Ameen Rihani in the original publisher's cloth binding.

With 32 monochrome plates. Collated complete.

The book is split into five parts. Contents include With King Hussein in the Hijaz, With the Idrisi in Asir, All Sabah, the Skeikhs of Kuwait, Aal Khalifah, the Sheikhs of Bahrain, and Adan and the Protectorates.

Ameen Rihani was a Lebanese American writer and activist. He was a supporter and theorist of Arab nationalism and an important foundation of the Mahjar literary movement of the early twentieth century in America.

Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper stating the author's death in 1940. No dust wrapper present.